While I agree with Michael Gill that Maryland needs to do more to make Maryland business friendly, pointing to Virginia and its data centers is not the way to make the point ( “Let’s make Maryland ‘open for business’ again,” May 17).

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) has been developing plans for a data center in China to train the algorithm it would need to have fully autonomous vehicles operating in the region, according to Reuters. Sources indicate the electric vehicle giant has had talks with Nvidia (NVDA) about acquiring graphic processing units for a China data center.

Tesla is pushing ahead with plans to power the global development of its self-driving system with data from China that could be processed within the country, part of a strategic shift by Elon Musk, according to people with knowledge of the work.

Tesla's efforts underscore the speed of the electric vehicle maker’s pivot to bet on a breakthrough in AI. Tesla is pushing ahead with plans to power the global development of its self-driving system with data from China that could be processed within the country,