The photo taken on July 24, 2026 shows the signage of US technology company Apple's data center in Guian New Area in Guiyang, in southwestern China's Guizhou Province. China is on course to nearly double its data centre capacity within the next five years, as globally countries aim to avoid a computing crunch that could stymie AI expansion. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH: China-economy-tech-AI, FOCUS by Agatha CANTRILL

The photo taken on July 24, 2026 shows the exterior of Chinese technology company Huawei's European-themed data center in Guian New Area in Guiyang, in southwestern China's Guizhou Province. China is on course to nearly double its data centre capacity within the next five years, as globally countries aim to avoid a computing crunch that could stymie AI expansion. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH: China-economy-tech-AI, FOCUS by Agatha CANTRILL

The photo taken on July 24, 2026 shows the exterior of Chinese technology company Huawei's European-themed data center in Guian New Area in Guiyang, in southwestern China's Guizhou Province. China is on course to nearly double its data centre capacity within the next five years, as globally countries aim to avoid a computing crunch that could stymie AI expansion. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH: China-economy-tech-AI, FOCUS by Agatha CANTRILL

(FILES) This photo taken on August 4, 2026 shows a robot manufactured by Zhejiang University Robot Research Institute making making coffee at the Hangzhou Robot school in Hangzhou, in eastern China's Zhejiang province. A steady buzz is growing around China as advanced robotics emerges as the next frontier of the global AI boom, encompassing both investor enthusiasm as well as alarm from rivals like the United States. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP via Getty Images)

People walk past the logo of the Unitree Robotics Embodied Intelligence Experience Center at an entrance of a shopping mall in the Jing'an district in Shanghai on August 17, 2026. Shares in Chinese robotics pioneer Unitree soared on the morning of August 19, minutes after the firm's blockbuster initial public offering at the Shanghai Stock Exchange. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP via Getty Images)

People look at a remote-controlled robot by Unitree Robotics while visiting the Unitree Robotics Embodied Intelligence Experience Center in the Jing' an district in Shanghai on August 17, 2026. Shares in Chinese robotics pioneer Unitree soared on the morning of August 19, minutes after the firm's blockbuster initial public offering at the Shanghai Stock Exchange. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP via Getty Images)

A poster of Unitree Robotics humanoid robot is seen at its Asia's first embodied intelligence experience store in Shanghai on May 31, 2026. Shares in Chinese robotics pioneer Unitree soared on the morning of August 19, minutes after the firm's blockbuster initial public offering at the Shanghai Stock Exchange. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP via Getty Images)

A Unitree Robotics humanoid robot is seen at its Asia's first embodied intelligence experience store in Shanghai on May 31, 2026. Shares in Chinese robotics pioneer Unitree soared on the morning of August 19, minutes after the firm's blockbuster initial public offering at the Shanghai Stock Exchange. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP via Getty Images)