Published: 18:26, June 21, 2020 | Updated: 00:03, June 6, 2023
'Huawei to receive planning permission to build UK facility’

Huawei describes its artificial intelligence processor Ascend 910, seen in this Aug 23, 2019 photo, as the world's most powerful AI processor. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO XINHUA BY HUAWEI)

Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co Ltd is expected to receive planning permission this week to build a 400-million-pound (US$494.24-million) research and development centre in Britain's Sawston village, the Sunday Times newspaper reported.

The facility, 11 kilometers from Cambridge, will be built for researching and developing chips for use in broadband, according to the report.

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The South Cambridgeshire District Council has been advised to approve the company's application in full, the newspaper reported.