"Green Computing Development Research Report" Released
China's computing power has grown at a rate of about 30% over the past five years, according to a report by the state-run Xinhua News Agency.
The China Academy of Information and Communications Technology and the Administrative Committee of the Horinger New Area in Inner Mongolia released a "Green Computing Development Research Report" at the "2025 Green Computing (Artificial Intelligence) Conference" held in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia the previous day.
Xinhua reported that the report assessed, "The average annual growth rate of China's total computing power over five years has approached 30%, and the green, low-carbon development of the computing industry is a distinct feature."
The report also explained that, in order to achieve a "green transition" of computing facilities, China has promoted process structure integration and innovation for high-performance chips, focused on the development of advanced technologies such as storage technology and storage-computing integration, and deployed high-density IT equipment and liquid cooling systems on a large scale to improve the computing and storage efficiency of computing power equipment.
Xinhua reported that, as of the end of last year, the total number of standard racks in data centers operating in China had exceeded nine million. It also noted that full life-cycle support?including design, construction, operation, and maintenance?was being provided for data centers.
Additionally, the report stated that the green electricity utilization rate of some advanced data centers had reached around 80%, and that green computing had been integrated into a range of industries, including energy, manufacturing, retail, transportation, and construction. The adoption rate among central state-owned enterprises currently stands at 86%.
According to Oxford Data research, the United States, China, and the European Union together account for more than half of the world's data centers. There have also been reports that China's total investment in artificial intelligence (AI) could surpass the Stargate AI data center construction project led by Japan's SoftBank and the United States' OpenAI.
It is projected that, as Chinese infrastructure operators, private companies, and local governments join forces to increase AI infrastructure investment, China's total AI spending could match or even surpass that of Stargate.
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