Energy-Data Integration, Smart Computing Leading the Way | Huawei and China Energy Construction Collaborate to Build the "East Data West Computing" Benchmark Data Center

Huawei and China Energy Construction have successfully established the Qingyang Big Data Center Industrial Park, a key project supporting the national "East Data West Computing" strategy. This state-of-the-art center integrates green energy, cutting-edge technologies, and optimized computing power to become a benchmark for energy-efficient and intelligent data center development in China.

 

“Energy-Data Integration, Smart Computing Leading the Way” is the key concept driving the transformation of data centers. On December 5th, the Huawei model site at the Qingyang Big Data Center Industrial Park, jointly built by China Energy Construction Zhongdian Engineering and Huawei Digital Energy, was officially unveiled. At the unveiling ceremony, industry experts, corporate representatives, and partners gathered to focus on the construction and development of the Qingyang Big Data Center Industrial Park. They delved into the trends of efficient, green, and intelligent energy infrastructure development and aimed to establish a model for data center construction and operation in the western region, providing strong support and a successful example for the advancement of the "East Data West Computing" strategy.

Inauguration Ceremony of Huawei Model Site at Qiyang Big Data Center Industrial Park

In his speech, Sun Bin, Vice Chief Engineer of Zhongdian Engineering and Executive Director of Qingyang Company, stated that the Qingyang Big Data Center Industrial Park is the first "East Data West Computing" benchmark project in the country to receive support from national policy-based development financial tools. It is also the first project by China Energy Construction to implement the national strategic goals and demonstrate the concept of “Energy-Data Integration,” marking a significant milestone. This collaboration between China Energy Construction Zhongdian Engineering and Huawei has successfully created the first zero-carbon big data park of China Energy Construction Group, marking an important step in advancing energy technology breakthroughs and industrialupgrades.

Speech by Sun Bin, Deputy Chief Engineer of China Electric Power Engineering, Executive Director of Qiyang Company

In his speech, Chen Qing, General Manager of Huawei Digital Energy’s Data Center Solutions for China, stated that the advent of the “Intelligent Computing Era” brings immense opportunities for the development of data centers, while also posing significant challenges. Huawei will use the “Qingyang Project” as a blueprint to continuously collaborate with partners to iteratively optimize technologies, explore innovative application scenarios, and provide high-quality "model experiences" in areas such as improving data center green energy consumption capacity, enhancing electricity cost-effectiveness, and ensuring power supply safety and stability.

Speech by Chen Qing, General Manager of Huawei Digital Energy China Data Center Solutions

Energy-Data Integration: Building the "Western Smart Computing Hub"

With exponential growth and the integration of data and power, Gansu Qingyang, as a national hub city for the integrated computing power network, is leveraging the "East Data West Computing" policy's influence and resource aggregation effects to embark on a path of digital energy industry innovation and advancement.

The China Energy Construction Qingyang Data Center Industrial Park is the key engine for driving the region's digital economy growth in the future. The project has a total investment of 4.2 billion RMB, with the deployment of approximately 24,000 standard cabinets. The computing power capacity reaches 26,000P, equivalent to 13 million computers running simultaneously. This is a crucial part of the "East Data West Computing" computing power hub in Gansu Qingyang and also the first demonstration project of power and data integration in Gansu province's "East Data West Computing" initiative.

China Energy Construction Qingyang Data Center Industrial Park

In August this year, the project was selected as one of the first “Excellent Cases of National Integrated Computing Power Network Applications” by the National Data Bureau. The project features the integration of computing power and green electricity, with a well-established operations and maintenance management system that fully utilizes Qingyang's local green electricity resources. It represents the development trend of the new generation of data centers as “green, energy-efficient, cost-effective, flexible, and secure.”

China Energy Construction and Huawei leverage their respective strengths in energy and data center construction to use “integrated energy and computing power” as the driving force, guiding the development of computing infrastructure and collaborative innovation in energy management. This approach drives the construction of a diversified energy system for data centers, providing a solid solution to support the implementation of the “East Data West Computing” strategy and setting new benchmarks for energy use in building a western smart computing hub.

**Energy Efficiency Transformation, High Efficiency and Longevity: Huawei Data Center Energy Builds a Solid Energy Foundation**

High energy consumption costs and long delivery cycles are persistent challenges in traditional data center construction. The processes from project planning to completion are complicated and resource coordination is difficult, leading to extended delivery periods that often take one to two years. Meanwhile, in the high-energy consumption structure of data centers, the cooling and air-conditioning systems account for 37% and 10% of the energy usage, respectively, second only to the energy consumption of IT equipment. A large amount of energy is wasted in maintaining low temperatures for equipment, which significantly impairs the overall energy efficiency.

To address these issues, the China Energy Construction Qingyang Data Center Industrial Park uses Huawei’s Power Module 3.0 and EHU indirect evaporative cooling solution with an ultra-converged design, while also integrating powerful AI computing capabilities to assist with power supply for PC and autonomous driving. This creates a solid energy foundation for the Qingyang Data Center Industrial Park.

In terms of energy efficiency control, Huawei’s Power Module 3.0 deeply integrates the entire power distribution chain, improving the power density of each cabinet and saving 40% of the floor area. At the same time, with shorter links and improved efficiency, the overall efficiency of the Power Module 3.0 reaches 97.8%. Its high power density and high energy efficiency provide a strong foundation for the energy-saving and low-carbon development of the data center.

For the server room cooling system, the Huawei EHU indirect evaporative cooling solution maximizes the use of natural cooling sources to lower the temperature of the server room, significantly reducing the operation of air conditioning units and greatly lowering the energy consumption of the cooling system. The solution uses polymer heat exchangers and efficient EC fans to complete indirect heat exchange between outdoor cool air and data center hot air, increasing the airflow by 45% and significantly improving cooling efficiency.

For security assurance, the solution adopts a distributed architecture with each device operating independently. Each unit provides power and cooling, ensuring that device failures have zero impact and that data center operations are not interrupted. The core indicators perform excellently, meeting the PUE≤1.2 and WUE≤1.1 requirements for hub nodes, creating an efficient, energy-saving, and stable data center that provides strong support for the development of the digital economy.

The modular design of the solution, using factory-prefabricated components, enables plug-and-play installation, reducing the delivery cycle by 75%. This facilitates rapid deployment, supports hot-swappable maintenance, and greatly simplifies operations and maintenance work, creating a space-efficient, energy-efficient, time-efficient, and hassle-free data center. This supports energy conservation, carbon reduction, safety, reliability, and efficient operation, setting up a digital lighthouse on the Loess Plateau to promote green development in China’s economy and technology.

As the digital world develops rapidly, data center construction continues to evolve, and energy systems undergo ongoing innovation. Huawei Digital Energy remains focused on its core technological advantages, integrating digital technology with power electronics, and adhering to a long-term vision to build safe and reliable intelligent computing data centers, ensuring the stable operation of the digital world.

 

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