Chinese provinces offer steep power discounts to AI companies using China-made chips — country continues its aggressive push towards AI independence and homegrown silicon

The war for AI dominance just got a new front of sorts. According to a new report, some Chinese provinces are now offering steep discounts on industrial power pricing to AI datacenters, with only one catch: they have to use homemade chips rather than Nvidia’s or AMD’s.

According to a Financial Times article citing sources “familiar with the matter”, the provinces of Gansu, Guizhou, and Inner Mongolia are offering a 50% discount on industrial power price to AI datacenters in the region. These cuts…