The Chinese city of Changzhou is building what it claims will be the country’s first city-level “green token factory”, as local governments race to answer Beijing’s call to power massive Artificial Intelligence computing demands with clean energy.The project would be powered by green energy and could produce 60 trillion tokens per year once completed, the municipal government said in a statement on Sunday during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai.The city in the eastern Jiangsu province did not provide a timeline for completion of the initiative.
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SUN · 2026-07-19 · 08:00 GMTBRIEF NSR-2026-0719-94139
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Changzhou says it is building China’s first city-level clean-power AI token factory
Changzhou, a city in China's eastern Jiangsu province, is constructing what it claims will be the nation's first city-level "green token factory." This initiative aims to meet Beijing's directive to power substantial artificial intelligence computing needs with clean energy. The factory is designed to be powered by green energy and, upon completion, is projected to produce 60 trillion tokens annually.
Xinmei ShenSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-07-19 · 08:00 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min
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Changzhou, a city in China's eastern Jiangsu province, is constructing what it claims will be the nation's first city-level "green token factory." This initiative aims to meet Beijing's directive to power substantial artificial intelligence computing needs with clean energy. The factory is designed to be powered by green energy and, upon completion, is projected to produce 60 trillion tokens annually. The municipal government announced this project on Sunday during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai. The article does not specify a completion timeline for the factory.
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Changzhou did not provide a timeline for completion.
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Changzhou is building what it claims will be China’s first city-level green token factory.
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Local governments are racing to answer Beijing’s call to power AI demands with clean energy.
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The project would be powered by green energy.
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The factory could produce 60 trillion tokens per year once completed.
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