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World's first prefabricated computing power center base starts operation in Qingdao

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World's first prefabricated computing power center base starts operation in Qingdao

2026-06-07 15:10 Last Updated At:06-08 13:03

The world's first prefabricated computing power center base officially began operation on Saturday in Qingdao City, east China's Shandong Province, designed to offer a more efficient and low-carbon solution for computing infrastructure construction.

Acting as the energy hub and "heart" of a computing center, the prefabricated design provides a base that can slash computing infrastructure construction time by nearly 70 percent compared to traditional methods and provides a stable and continuous power supply critical to the facility's overall performance.

The base measures about 53 meters long and 41 meters wide, covering roughly 2,200 square meters. Compared with conventional designs, it reduces land use by over 30 percent and cuts overall costs by 20 percent.

Beyond faster and cheaper deployment, the base supports direct access to green electricity, achieving 100 percent green power consumption. This is anticipated to lower electricity costs by around 30 percent per token.

The newly erected structure in Qingdao has already been connected to an enterprise-owned data center. The design is set to be rolled out in national-level data center clusters and various regional computing hubs in the second half of this year, providing a stable, efficient, low-carbon, and easily replicable model for future computing infrastructure projects.

World's first prefabricated computing power center base starts operation in Qingdao

World's first prefabricated computing power center base starts operation in Qingdao

China's National Energy Administration (NEA) launched a price index for green electricity certificates (GECs) Friday in a bid to better reflect the development of green power market.

With the base period set at 100 points in January 2025, the index closed at 181 points in June 2026, representing a year-on-year increase of 23.2 percent, the NEA said.

Green electricity is electricity generated from renewable energy sources such as wind, solar or biomass power, whose prices serve as a barometer for the development of renewable energy.

The GECs price index will be released on a regular monthly basis, which is expected to boost market transparency, and facilitate precise supply-demand matching, an NEA official said.

China introduced the GEC system as a pilot program in 2017. In December 2023, the NEA issued an initial batch of certificates.

Data released by the NEA on Friday showed that it issued 373 million GECs in June, involving over 1.24 million renewable energy power generation projects.

China launches green electricity certificate price index

China launches green electricity certificate price index

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