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VNET Ulanqab Cloud and AI Computing Center data center

Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia, China · Ulanqab market · location approximate to district level

Also listed as 世纪互联乌兰察布云智算中心, 世纪互联乌兰察布云智算中心一号基地, 算力—电力协同近零碳数据中心示范项目, VNET Wulanchabu IDC campus and VNET Bayin.

VNET Ulanqab Cloud and AI Computing Center is a data center project in Ulanqab, China, operated by VNET Group (世纪互联). It is operational and expanding. It is planned for 1,200 MW of IT load.

Latest change on record: entered the record as expanding on 11 December 2025. Record last checked against its sources on 22 October 2026.

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Stage
Expanding
Planned IT load
1,200 MW
Running now
Not disclosed
Operators rarely publish this
Operator
VNET Group (世纪互联)
Colocation
AI workloads
Likely
Evidence grade
Verified
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 VNET Ulanqab Cloud and AI Computing Center ranks first by planned capacity. 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.

It is the only VNET project ArusGrid tracks. It sits on the VNET Ulanqab campus. Named funding comes from Shandong Hi-Speed Holdings. No tenant has been disclosed, which is normal for colocation and says nothing about occupancy.

The build is phased. Base 1 (一号基地) is operational; Near-zero-carbon demonstration project is announced. The stage was recorded as operational and expanding on 11 December 2025. The money on record is CN¥10.6bn as of December 2025, the announced investment. Power comes from 世纪互联 (VNET) self-built 源网荷储一体化 project (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 10 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 funderYes
Disclosed clientNo
Committed or approved capitalYes
Dated, sized phaseNo
Three or more sourcesYes
Dated source in the last 24 monthsYes

AI workloads

StatusLikely

VNET calls it a cloud and AI computing centre built for wholesale hyperscale demand. Most of VNET's 516 MW 12-month delivery plan goes to this campus (Q1 2026 call).

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

Base 1 (一号基地) · OperationalSize not published
Near-zero-carbon demonstration project · AnnouncedSize not published

Stage history

2025-12-11Expanding · m.thepaper.cn

Who is behind it

OperatorVNET Group (世纪互联) · Colocation
Funder, Joint venture partnerShandong Hi-Speed Holdings

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, 2025-12CN¥10.6bn

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.

Land
Site733,333 sqm · Dec 2025 Reported source ↗
Planned total site; Base 1 (一号基地) is 475 mu Source states 1100 mu; converted at 666.7 sqm per mu.
Power supply
Power allocation or plan世纪互联 (VNET) self-built 源网荷储一体化 project · Dec 2025 Reported source ↗
Matched generation of 2150MW, not data centre load. 2150MW source-grid-load-storage integrated project; phase 1 (300MW planned capacity) started early Dec 2025 in Xinghe County, grid connection targeted by end-2026, green direct supply share to reach 50% · Generation capacity, not IT load · Applies to the whole campus.
Power allocation or planVNET (世纪互联), with Shandong Hi-Speed Holdings (山高控股, HK 0412) as strategic partner · 300 MW · May 2026 Reported source ↗
A 300MW source-grid-load-storage (源网荷储一体化) renewable project with 4.4 billion yuan total investment. Its renewable site has been re-sited and approvals for grid connection change, soil conservation and flood assessment are done. · This adds the capacity to the held self-built 源网荷储 item. · Applies to the whole campus.
Dedicated substationVNET (世纪互联) · 110kV · May 2026 Reported source ↗
The campus 110kV substation is in operation (顺利投产). · 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 Inferred by ArusGrid source ↗
The grid company's EIA says the Manda 220kV substation (4 x 240 MVA, in the Chahar high-tech zone big data area) has one 220kV circuit in service to the 世纪互联 user substation. The site of that user substation is not named, so the link to this campus is ours. · Applies to the whole campus.
Why we think so. The document names a VNET (世纪互联) user substation fed from Manda in the Chahar high-tech zone of Ulanqab, where this campus sits. It does not name the campus.
Grid supply内蒙古电力（集团）有限公司乌兰察布供电分公司 (Inner Mongolia Power, Ulanqab branch) · 110kV · Jan 2025 Confirmed source ↗
Two new 110kV single-circuit lines feed the VNET (世纪互联) Ulanqab cloud computing centre base. The Manda to VNET line is 5.3km, of which 4.3km is strung on the existing Manda to Kuaishou (plot 2) towers and 1km is cable. The Shengjiaying to VNET line is 9.2km overhead with 49 new towers. The Shengjiaying feed is a second source not held before. The works run through Jining district, the Chahar high-tech zone and Chayou Qianqi. EIA approved by the Inner Mongolia ecology department on 7 Jan 2025 (内环表〔2025〕1号). · 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 (益武堂220kV变电站) · 220kV · Nov 2025 Inferred by ArusGrid source ↗
The Yiwutang 220kV substation in the Chahar high-tech zone, Chayou Qianqi, adds two 220kV outgoing bays labelled for VNET (世纪互联). EIA approved on 5 Nov 2025 (内环表〔2025〕303号). This is the text an earlier pass could not read. The approval does not name which VNET campus the bays serve or give a load. · Applies to the whole campus.
Why we think so. The bays at Yiwutang are labelled for VNET and VNET has one Ulanqab campus row. The approval does not name the campus.
Water and cooling
Coolingdesign PUE <1.2 (after full build-out) Reported source ↗
Not stated

Sources checked 2026-10-22

  1. 乌兰察布：打造“绿色算力心脏” 奏响“东数西算”强音 (The Paper (Ulanqab government account), 2025-12-11)
  2. 产融协同打造全球*绿色算力集群 山高控股抢占未来十年战略制高点 (Pedaily, 2025-06-25)
  3. VNET Group Q1 Earnings Call Highlights (Nasdaq, 2026-05-26)
  4. 国内头部大厂齐聚乌兰察布圈地 (Pedaily (Economic Observer), 2026-08-17)
  5. 世界算力竞逐，内蒙古何以崛起？ (新华每日电讯, 2026-10-12)
  6. 乌兰察布，DeepSeek在这寻找最便宜的Token (IT时报, via 虎嗅网, 2026-09-16)
  7. 山高控股与世纪互联签署战略合作协议 乌兰察布源网荷储项目加快落地 (证券时报网, via 同花顺, 2026-05-27)
  8. 内蒙古自治区生态环境厅关于乌兰察布中金数据京蒙绿色算力产业园（二期）项目220kV过渡供电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, 2026-08-13)
  9. 内蒙古自治区生态环境厅关于乌兰察布察右前旗益武堂220千伏间隔（世纪互联）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, 2025-11-10)
  10. 内蒙古自治区生态环境厅关于乌兰察布世纪互联云计算中心基地110千伏供电工程建设项目环境影响报告表的批复 (内蒙古自治区生态环境厅, 2025-01-10)

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Planned MW is IT load, the power available to servers, unless marked otherwise. Running capacity is rarely published, so a missing figure means undisclosed. Definitions, sourcing standards and evidence rules are on the Methodology page. Data is CC BY-NC 4.0. Corrections go to corrections@arusgrid.com. Dataset updated 2026-10-18.