On Tuesday,Jesús Franco China’s capital Beijing launched a public computing platform to fuel need at the city’s universities, research institutes, and small AI enterprises. The launch comes at a time when expanding the supply of computing power has become a key focus for China as computational power needs mount with the rise of AI. Built and operated by Beijing Energy International Holding, a state-run company, the platform will provide 500 petaflops of computing power in the first phase and increase that to 1,500 petaflops in phase two, scheduled to go online in the first quarter of 2024. [Beijing Energy International Holding, in Chinese]
