China: Energy + Compute = Strategy

On February 11, 2026, Chinese Premier Li Qiang called for national resource mobilization. The essence: coordinate energy and computing power to support AI.

China understands AI's bottleneck — electricity. Authorities intend to centrally manage energy distribution for data centers to ensure uninterrupted model training and technology commercialization. This is planned economy at the service of neural networks.

Source: Reuters / CCTV