“ChinAI #377: American Data Center Hegemony - the Center-Satellite Structure” by Jeffrey Ding

Featured links In the US-China AI race, the deciding factor isn’t compute, it’s another thing Newsweek Can China close the high-end AI data gap? Models for International Private Sector Cooperation on Frontier AI Safety There Is No A.I. “Race” China races to build data centres in bid for AI supremacy Thank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on AI and related topics. Jeff is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washington University. Check out the archive of all past issues here & please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay for a subscription will support access for all). Any suggestions or feedback? Let me know at [email protected] or on Twitter at @jjding99 --- First published: October 12th, 2026 Source: https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-377-us-dominance-of-the-center --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.