# US adversary turns up the heat on America’s AI lead with an underestimated edge

https://mins.news/en/item/45149

- Fox News, 2026-09-04 10:00 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.foxnews.com/world/us-adversary-turns-up-heat-americas-ai-lead-underestimated-edge

> China is rapidly expanding the data centers and energy infrastructure needed for artificial intelligence, seeking to narrow the United States’ physical-infrastructure advantage. U.S. officials warn that opposition to new data centers could help Beijing, while China’s embassy rejects framing AI mainly as a geopolitical contest and highlights cooperation and its “East Data, West Computing” strategy.

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