Z.ai powers up a 1-gigawatt AI data center built entirely on Chinese chips, report claims — GLM developer now runs multiple 10,000-chip clusters with zero Nvidia silicon
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Chinese AI developer Z.ai (formerly Zhipu) has finished building a 1GW data center stocked exclusively with domestically made chips and has switched part of it on.
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Holy: China now has a 1-gigawatt AI data center built without a single Nvidia chip!
— Chubby♨️ (@kimmonismus) July 20, 2026
Via Bloomberg:
zAI has reportedly completed construction of the facility and begun partial operations. It runs exclusively on Chinese-made chips and will support the development of the company’s… pic.twitter.com/IBEUIt9i78
We won't let the Chinese use our Nvidia chips, even as that would have made them dependent upon us. But we are willing to give them all our corporate data? Really? I know Fintech. This is Finsuicide
— Jim Cramer (@jimcramer) July 21, 2026
🦔A Nikkei investigation found that Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle have $1.65 trillion in debt that doesn't appear on their balance sheets, more than the $1.35 trillion they officially report. These are GPU contracts, data center leases, and joint ventures that… pic.twitter.com/QbkzlenQAv
— Hedgie (@HedgieMarkets) July 20, 2026
Wait. What. 1GW IDC for Zhipu alone?! This is ahead of my timeline. This is safely enough to build a "mythos" assuming some workable (even H800-level) chips. But what does it mean "partially operating"? Do they have a million chips colocated or not?!
— Teortaxes▶️ (DeepSeek 推特🐋铁粉 2023 – ∞) (@teortaxesTex) July 20, 2026
Crazy stuff https://t.co/shAz43FJ42 pic.twitter.com/mTbJtgCkq2