China's AI Boom Has a Boring Winner: Fiber Optics
Tianfeng Communications (天孚通信) forecasting 25-45% profit growth reveals more about China's actual AI infrastructure buildout than any model benchmark. The picks-and-shovels trade is booming.
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China's 'Six Networks' Infographic Goes Viral—And It's Really About Powering the AI Arms Race
A power grid infographic hit 46.5M on Toutiao — because Chinese netizens have figured out that the AI race is ultimately an electricity story. The 'Six Networks' buildout is the unsexy precondition for DeepSeek, Qwen, and the whole model zoo.
China's Power Crunch Is Way Worse Than Markets Think
A Toutiao blogger with 2.2M engagement argues markets are massively underpricing China's electricity crisis. Between AI data center buildout and industrial demand, the grid is getting squeezed from both ends. Here's why Chinese netizens are connecting dots analysts won't.
China Burned 6.9% More Electricity — And The AI Labs Are Why You Should Care
China's electricity consumption grew 6.9% year-on-year — outpacing GDP. That gap is the AI data center arms race, the robotics manufacturing buildout, and the consumer-internet compute bill, all visible in one number.