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title: "Alibaba, Tencent, and Huawei are pouring billions into data centers in Shaoguan, a hinterland region with cheap power and a cool climate, angering some locals (Financial Times)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/alibaba-tencent-and-huawei-are-pouring-billions-into-data-centers-in-03269571
published: 2026-10-20T11:20:01.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# Alibaba, Tencent, and Huawei are pouring billions into data centers in Shaoguan, a hinterland region with cheap power and a cool climate, angering some locals (Financial Times)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-10-20 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/alibaba-tencent-and-huawei-are-pouring-billions-into-data-centers-in-03269571

Financial Times : Alibaba, Tencent, and Huawei are pouring billions into data centers in Shaoguan, a hinterland region with cheap power and a cool climate, angering some locals — Residents in remote region of Shaoguan hope country's AI infrastructure push will deliver boom that has long eluded them

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/261020/p14#a261020p14)

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