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China: AI Infrastructure Atlas

China carries 2 records on the AI Infrastructure Atlas as of September 2026: 1 verified at a primary source, 1 reported, 0 announced with no document yet, 0 searched and absent, and 0 open questions. By kind: reporting and efficiency duties 1, siting, permitting and tax 1.

Reporting and efficiency duties

1 record

VerifiedReporting and efficiency dutiesAIA-2026-0027
China set a national data centre efficiency target and a renewables ramp
China · verified 15 September 2026
The plan sets an average power usage effectiveness for data centres of less than 1.5 by 2025.

Siting, permitting and tax

1 record

Reported, primary not reachedSiting, permitting and taxAIA-2026-0028
East Data West Computing moves Chinese compute to where the power is
China · verified 15 September 2026
The project launched in 2022 and routes data produced in eastern provinces to facilities in western China.

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What must a data center report, and to whom in China?

China set a national data centre efficiency target and a renewables ramp (verified). Each record page quotes the document and says what it changes for an operator, a utility or a community.

Who decides where it may be built, and what it pays in China?

East Data West Computing moves Chinese compute to where the power is (reported, primary not reached). Each record page quotes the document and says what it changes for an operator, a utility or a community.

What has nobody settled in China?

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