The problem is that you have solar in China where you don’t have so many people, industry, or water. So ya, Qinghai has a lot of solar, but using that surplus e

The problem is that you have solar in China where you don’t have so many people, industry, or water. So ya, Qinghai has a lot of solar, but using that surplus energy for data centers and such may still not be easy (air cooling maybe could work). You could try to build out your grid to send the energy east, but that has been slow going so far (compared to everything else China builds, it’s UHV lines east aren’t that many). Oh, you also need fiber capacity, etc… I wonder how long until we actually see air cooled AI data centers in the middle of nowhere just because they have cheap power? China could invest in dry cooling tower technology next.