What they are more likely building is regional processing centers. Meaning most people have a tablet, a laptop, and a phone. All with ram, silicone, memory, and resources that sit the majority of the time. The phone gets more usage. But what if those tools were access points to a larger computer that did the processing for you? What if meant instead of having a stronger chip on your phone you just had sufficient speed of transfer for a larger computer to do the processing?

That would reduce the production costs of everything. Be easier to manage the supply chain, require fewer rare earth minerals

AND they can control/monitor all of the throughput? Security against enemies.