http://Z.ai is building a 1GW-class AI data center using domestic chips and has acquired heterogeneous-computing software firm XCore Sigma.
What Bloomberg may miss is the real constraint: http://Z.ai lacks enough training and inference chips, so it must combine whatever hardware it can secure. That makes cross-chip optimization—and raising utilization across mixed systems—a major priority for China over the next two years.
These firms are increasingly called “token factories.” One of them, Infinigence AI, has raised more than $325 million and is now racing toward an IPO.