DeepSeek Reportedly Orders 160,000 Huawei Accelerators With 23 PB of HBM

DeepSeek has reportedly ordered 160,000 Huawei Ascend 950DT AI accelerators for a large-scale inference deployment in Inner Mongolia, according to TechPowerUp. The report says each accelerator includes 144 GB of Huawei-designed HBM memory, which would amount to roughly 23 PB across the stated order. The reported deployment illustrates the scale of memory requirements for large AI inference systems. An order of that size would also underline the importance of domestic accelerator and high-bandwidth-memory alternatives in China's AI infrastructure buildout. The order size, deployment plan, accelerator specifications, and total HBM figure are reported by the source and are not independently confirmed in the supplied material. They should be treated as a reported demand signal rather than a confirmed procurement disclosure.