DeepSeek plans big Huawei AI chip order to power new data centre

DeepSeek plans to deploy at least 160,000 of Huawei Technologies Co.’s top accelerators at a massive data centre it’s building in Inner Mongolia, which could create one of the largest known clusters of Huawei AI chips and advance China’s efforts to replace Nvidia Corp.

The AI pioneer intends to use Huawei’s next-generation Ascend 950DT chips for operating its models, though the timeline for installation will depend on Huawei’s production capabilities, according to people familiar with the matter.