--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "b7e5d9f44ac34e19ce2ef916b878d220e3aa973f4c75b9ef207739aeccb8b5c0" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/b7e5d9f4?lang=en" title: "A look at China's bid to turn excess wind and solar energy into an AI edge via a $3.9T grid buildout through 2049, as ~9% of renewable output was wasted in 2026 (Bloomberg)" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-10-12T07:45:00.000Z" category: "Infra" topics: ["funding"] source_urls: ["https://www.techmeme.com/261012/p5","https://x.com/Techmeme/status/2109551078580932921","https://x.com/Techmeme/status/2108066356986019878","https://x.com/zijing_wu/status/2108047389001216294","https://x.com/jukan05/status/2108048751575355811","https://x.com/kyleichan/status/2108099460064538982","https://x.com/pmddomingos/status/2108354828028289314","https://huggingnews.com/ai/china-plans-39t-grid-buildout-to-turn-wasted-power-into-ai-edge-2bb50408"] summary: "China is planning a $3.9T grid buildout through 2049 to turn excess wind and solar energy into an AI edge, following reports that approximately 9% of renewable output was wasted in 2026." --- # A look at China's bid to turn excess wind and solar energy into an AI edge via a $3\.9T grid buildout through 2049, as \~9% of renewable output was wasted in 2026 \(Bloomberg\) > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-10-12T07:45:00.000Z **Category:** Infra **Topics:** funding ## Summary China is planning a $3\.9T grid buildout through 2049 to turn excess wind and solar energy into an AI edge, following reports that approximately 9% of renewable output was wasted in 2026\. ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Story source]()