DeepSeek is reportedly planning to deploy a major supply of Huawei Technologies AI accelerators for a new data center it is building in Inner Mongolia. Bloomberg reports the company plans to use at least 160,000 of Huawei’s top accelerators, which would amount to one of the largest known clusters of Huawei AI chips.
The data center project has been reported previously, including by The Next Web, which says the facility has been under discussion since the summer. Across the sources, details such as the exact chip model and the full size of the order beyond the reported minimum are not disclosed. DeepSeek has not confirmed the plan, and Huawei’s role is described based on the reported chip deployment rather than any official statements.
The underlying context described by outlets is China’s broader push to reduce reliance on Nvidia-era hardware by expanding domestic and alternative supply chains for AI compute. The reporting focuses on the potential scale of Huawei-based infrastructure, but the final configuration and purchase terms remain unverified as the company has not publicly stated the plan.
