CICC Data Ulanqab Low-Carbon Computing Base data center
Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia, China · Ulanqab market · location approximate to district level
Also listed as 中金数据乌兰察布低碳算力基地, 中金数据中心, 中金数据低碳算力基地 and CICC Data Ulanqab.
CICC Data Ulanqab Low-Carbon Computing Base is a data center project in Ulanqab, China, operated by China Financial Data Group (中金数据集团). It is operational and expanding. The operator has not published an IT load figure. It is planned for 25,000 racks. ArusGrid does not convert racks into MW.
Latest change on record: moved to expanding on 16 August 2026. Record last checked against its sources on 22 October 2026.
Planned IT load
Not published
Running now
Not disclosed
Operators rarely publish this
Operator
China Financial Data Group (中金数据集团)
Colocation
AI workloads
No signal either way
Will it get built?Built7 of 7 gates passed
✓ Land secured✓ Power arranged✓ Approvals granted✓ Money committed✓ Tenant or own use✓ Builder appointed✓ Construction started
This project is built or running, so every gate counts as passed.
Build odds is ArusGrid's reading of the public record, not a forecast, a rating or advice. It counts the gates this project has passed in public sources. Private progress does not show, a passed gate can be undone, and projects that pass every gate still stop. The method has not yet been tested against outcomes. How it works.
China, 2026-10-12. China coverage is a pilot of one cluster, Zhongwei in Ningxia, entered on 12 October 2026 from Chinese-language primary and state press sources. Other Chinese hubs are not yet covered, so no China total here describes the country. Many Chinese projects publish rack counts and no megawatts. ArusGrid records the rack count and leaves capacity blank rather than convert it.
Where it sits
Ulanqab holds 18 active projects with 1,262 MW of planned IT load between them, and CICC Data Ulanqab Low-Carbon Computing Base has no published figure so it sits outside that ranking. Of those, 4 are operational, 4 are operational and expanding, 1 is under construction, 2 are at the land and permitting stage and 7 are announced only. No third party publishes a colocation vacancy rate for Ulanqab, and ArusGrid does not estimate one.
CICC Data has 1 other in China tracked by ArusGrid, including CICC Data Horinger Zero-Carbon Computing Base (中金数据和林格尔零碳算力基地项目). No tenant has been disclosed, which is normal for colocation and says nothing about occupancy.
The build is phased. Phase 1 is operational; Phase 2 is under construction with a 2027 target. The dated record runs from under construction in 2023 to operational and expanding on 16 August 2026. The money on record is CN¥9.1bn as of July 2025, the announced investment. Power comes from 中金数据 源网荷储一体化项目 (黄茂营风光储电站) through a renewable power purchase agreement (reported, unconfirmed).
The US export control position for advanced AI chips in China, as of 7 October 2026, is recorded as “Licence required, presumption of denial, case-by-case review for H200-class chips since 15 January 2026”. ArusGrid holds 6 public sources for this project, the latest dated 12 October 2026, and last checked the record on 22 October 2026.
How well evidenced is it
Running capacity. The site is operational or expanding. The rules are fixed and published on the Methodology page.
Named funderNo
Disclosed clientNo
Committed or approved capitalYes
Dated, sized phaseNo
Three or more sourcesYes
Dated source in the last 24 monthsYes
AI workloads
StatusNo signal either way
No public signal either way.
Access to AI chips
GradeLicence required for a party
A party to this project (its operator, that operator's group, a funder, or a confirmed client) is headquartered in China or Macau or has an ultimate parent there. US rules require a licence for advanced AI chips destined to such entities wherever they are located. This describes the rule and says nothing about whether a licence was sought, granted or refused. Criteria are published on the Methodology page.
US licence required for this destination as enforcedYes
A party headquartered in China or Macau on the projectYes
Country-level export frameworkNo
A party named in a government authorisationNo
US approved operator or confirmed client on the projectNo
Named chip-vendor partnershipNo
Licence required, presumption of denial, case-by-case review for H200-class chips since 15 January 2026 · Licence required, presumption of denial, case-by-case review for H200-class chips since 15 January 2026 (2026-10-07) source
Phases
Phase 1 · OperationalSize not published
Phase 2 · Under constructionSize not published, target 2027
Stage history
Who is behind it
OperatorChina Financial Data Group (中金数据集团) · Colocation
Who uses the compute
No tenant disclosed. Most colocation leases are confidential, so this says nothing about occupancy. Not yet checked against second-order sources.
Money at this site
Announced investment, 2025-07CN¥9.1bn
The figure covers the whole campus.
Colocation price per kW of IT load per month
No published price band exists for China, and ArusGrid does not estimate from the regional benchmark alone. What was searched is listed on the Colo prices page.
Project team
Main contractorBeijing Urban Construction Group No.2 Company (北京城建二公司) · Sep 2026 · completed Confirmed source ↗ Built (承建) the 中金数据 Ulanqab zero-carbon cluster: Zone ABC (574 mu, about 25,000 racks), the wind-solar-storage project's roads, 96 km of collector lines and 234 towers, and Zone D (530 mu). The source does not say whether it was sole contractor.
Land
Site382,667 sqm · Jul 2025 Reported source ↗ 45万 m2 GFA, 12 computing-room buildings, ~2.5万 racks, est. investment 91亿元 Source states 574 mu; converted at 666.7 sqm per mu.
Power supply
Renewable power deal中金数据 源网荷储一体化项目 (黄茂营风光储电站) · Jul 2025 Reported source ↗ Matched generation of 300MW, not data centre load. 200MW wind + 100MW PV + 45MW storage; green power direct via dedicated line to the computing centre 16km away; grid-connected 2025-07-15; described as China's first DC source-grid-load-storage green direct supply project · Generation capacity, not IT load; step-down substation kV not stated · Applies to the whole campus.
Dedicated substation中金数据(乌兰察布)有限公司 (own 220kV substation) · 720 MVA · 220kV · Aug 2026 Confirmed source ↗ The campus 220/10kV substation has 4 x 180 MVA built, with four 220kV incoming circuits. Its EIA was approved on 20 Dec 2024 (内环表[2024]390号) and acceptance was carried out in Sep 2025. An expansion of 2 x 120 MVA, taking the plan to 960 MVA, was approved by Ulanqab on 12 Apr 2026 (乌行审政服批字〔2026〕53号) and its EIA approval was published on 28 Aug 2026. The expansion serves about 118.62 MW of new electrical load. Grid capacity, not IT load. · Applies to the whole campus.
Grid supply内蒙古电力（集团）有限责任公司乌兰察布供电分公司 (满达220kV变电站) · 220kV · Aug 2026 Confirmed source ↗ The Manda 220kV substation has one 220kV circuit in service to the CICC phase 1 (中金一期) user substation. A further 6.96 km 220kV line, T-connected to that circuit, was approved in Aug 2026 as transitional supply for 乌兰察布中金数据京蒙绿色算力产业园（二期）. Works were not yet started and were planned to take 10 months. · Applies to the whole campus.
Sources checked 2026-10-22
- 45MW/180MWh！全国首个数据中心源网荷储一体化绿电直供项目投运 (Solarbe, 2025-07-18)
- 算热土乌兰察布 (Economic Observer via Sina Finance, 2026-08-16)
- 世界算力竞逐，内蒙古何以崛起？ (新华每日电讯, 2026-10-12)
- 向西一步，乌兰察布 (北京城建发展官微 via 同花顺, 2026-09-24)
- 国内头部大厂齐聚乌兰察布圈地 (投资界 (pedaily), 2026-08-17)
- 内蒙古自治区生态环境厅关于中金数据乌兰察布零碳算力基地220kV变电站主变扩建工程建设项目环境影响评价文件（辐射类）审批结果公示 (内蒙古自治区生态环境厅, 2026-08-28)
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