China Data Centers
Live tracking of every data center project in China (operational, under construction, announced, and permitted) with developer, tenant, capacity, and supply-chain links.
- Operating: 9
- Operating and expanding: 1
- Under construction: 0
- Announced: 0
- Operating capacity: 2.6 GW
Data Center Index tracks 9 named data center campuses in China (large sites with a source, not every building): 9 operating, 0 under construction, and 0 announced or permitted. Below: every tracked project in China, ranked by build status, followed by the public companies whose data center revenue is most exposed to this market.
Tracked data center projects in China
- Huawei Horinger, 242 MW · operational · developer: Huawei · ~$9.2B
- VNET Bayin Ulanqab, 700 MW · operational · developer: VNET · tenant: ByteDance · ~$8.4B
- Alibaba Zhangbei, 169 MW, Zhangbei · operational · developer: Alibaba Cloud · tenant: Alibaba · ~$6.4B
- Baidu AI Cloud Yanqi Lake Data Center, 600 MW, Yangquan · operational · developer: Baidu
- Huawei Cloud Guizhou AI Data Center, 400 MW, Guiyang · operational · developer: Huawei
- Tencent Tianjin AI Data Center (China), 300 MW, Tianjin · operational · developer: Tencent
- ByteDance Volcengine Inner Mongolia AI Training Cluster, 100 MW, Horinger · operational · developer: ByteDance
- DeepSeek AI Training Cluster, 100 MW, Hangzhou · operational · developer: DeepSeek
- SenseTime Lin-gang AIDC (China), Shanghai · operational · developer: SenseTime
Frequently asked questions
- How many data centers are in China?
- Data Center Index tracks 9 named data center campuses in China as of 2026: 9 operating, 0 under construction, and 0 announced or permitted. Coverage is named campuses with a published source, not every building.
- How much data center capacity does China have?
- 2.6 GW is operating. Of the 8 China campuses with a capacity figure, 0 are filed, 1 stated and 7 estimated. Filed means a permit, utility filing or SEC filing states the figure. Stated means the developer or the press states it. Estimated means we modeled or inferred it, and the site marks it "est.". Filed and stated figures carry the date of the newest source behind them.
- What is the largest data center in China?
- VNET Bayin Ulanqab is the largest tracked campus in China at 700 MW, developed by VNET. That capacity is an estimate. We modeled or inferred it, and no source states it.
- Who is building data centers in China?
- The most active developers in China by tracked campus count are Huawei (2 campuses), VNET (1 campus), Alibaba Cloud (1 campus). Every campus page lists its developer, tenant and the source that names them.
Public companies exposed to China
These public companies have tracked data-center projects in China as developers, tenants, or operators. Use the watchlist to compare them side by side, or click through for capex history and supplier exposure.
- ABB Ltd (ABBNY), power equipment · 1 project in China
- ByteDance (BYTEDANCE), hyperscaler · 1 project in China
Other data center markets
Other tracked countries, ranked by pipeline capacity:
- France data centers, 7 tracked projects, 2.5 GW pipeline
- Germany data centers, 6 tracked projects, 120 MW pipeline
- Japan data centers, 5 tracked projects, 750 MW pipeline
- Australia data centers, 5 tracked projects, 673 MW pipeline
- Norway data centers, 5 tracked projects, 470 MW pipeline
- Canada data centers, 4 tracked projects, 7.7 GW pipeline
- South Korea data centers, 4 tracked projects, 4.0 GW pipeline
- India data centers, 4 tracked projects, 1.6 GW pipeline
- Thailand data centers, 4 tracked projects, 792 MW pipeline
- Finland data centers, 4 tracked projects, 430 MW pipeline