In Depth: Envision Tests New Model for Green AI Data Centers

Caixin Global · Zhao Xuan Published Nov 5 · 2026-11-05 00:00 UTC

The company’s Ulanqab project in Inner Mongolia offers an early test of a policy-backed model to connect renewable energy generators directly with power-hungry computing facilities

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Chinese green tech company Envision Group has delivered the first 200-megawatt phase of an AI data center in northern China, part of its broader push to power energy-hungry computing facilities with renewable energy transmitted directly from nearby wind and solar farms.

The first phase of the Galaxy Campus project in Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia was handed over to a Chinese internet giant in late October, Zheng Zihao, general manager of Envision’s AI data center business, told Caixin during a recent interview. A second 200-megawatt phase is expected to begin operating in the second quarter of 2027.

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