New Delhi, Sept. 4 -- Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek is planning to deploy at least 160,000 high-end AI accelerators from Huawei Technologies Co at a large data centre under construction in Inner Mongolia, potentially creating one of the biggest known clusters of Huawei AI chips.

The move could mark a significant step in China's efforts to reduce its dependence on Nvidia Corp for advanced processors used to develop and run artificial intelligence models.

According to a Bloomberg report citing people familiar with the matter, DeepSeek plans to use Huawei's next-generation Ascend 950DT chips to operate its AI models. However, the schedule for installing the processors will depend largely on Huawei's ability to manufactur...