Bloomberg reported on Sep. 4 that DeepSeek plans to deploy at least 160,000 Huawei Ascend 950DT accelerators at a data center it is building in Inner Mongolia, according to people familiar with the matter. TechNode’s Sep. 7 digest cited Bloomberg and stressed that timing and scale remain reported plans rather than a completed deployment. Related context has pointed to a gigawatt-scale ambition in the region, with the 160,000 chips described as part of eventual capacity.
The sourcing is Bloomberg via people familiar; there was no DeepSeek or Huawei official confirmation in open sources reviewed. The chips are intended for inference, meaning running models for users, and reports said there were no current plans to use the 950DT cluster for training. Timing depends on Huawei production capacity.
CapEx was not disclosed, and the story is not a finished installation or training cluster.
Sources: Bloomberg, Sep. 4, 2026 (people familiar); TechNode, Sep. 7; prior Bloomberg Inner Mongolia DC context.
