DeepSeek plans 160,000 Huawei Ascend 950DT chips for Inner Mongolia data center

DeepSeek plans to deploy at least 160,000 Huawei Ascend 950DT accelerators at a new data center in Inner Mongolia for model inference, with installation dependent on Huawei production capacity. The cluster would rank among the largest known Huawei AI chip deployments and supports China’s push to reduce reliance on Nvidia hardware. DeepSeek continues to rely primarily on Nvidia for training while seeking expanded domestic supply.