China is accelerating the energy boom that Musk calls key to AI competition

China is accelerating the energy boom that Musk calls key to AI competition

By Emily ForgashLili Pike
Publication Date: 2026-02-04 22:00:00

New data on China’s relentless energy installations underscores warnings from Elon Musk and Jensen Huang that the country’s world-beating power grid will give the country a major advantage over the United States in the race for artificial intelligence supremacy.