ArusGrid tracks 10 active data center projects operated by China Unicom, with 554 MW of planned IT load, across China. Of these, 3 are operational, 4 are operational and expanding, 1 is under construction, 1 is at the land and permitting stage and 1 is announced only.
ArusGrid classes the operator as telco. Projects appear under the names China Unicom (中国联通), China Unicom Chongqing (中国联通重庆分公司), China Unicom Guangdong (中国联通广东分公司), China Unicom Inner Mongolia (中国联通内蒙古分公司), China Unicom Ningxia (中国联合网络通信有限公司宁夏回族自治区分公司) and China Unicom Suzhou (中国联通苏州分公司). The largest project is China Unicom Zhongwei Cloud Data Center at 310 MW in Zhongwei, operational and expanding. AI workloads are confirmed at 3 sites. Disclosed tenants across its projects are Tencent, Kingsoft Cloud, Lenovo, Ministry of Natural Resources (自然资源部), ByteDance and Sina.
| Project | City | Stage | Planned MW | Running MW | Operator | AI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China Unicom Zhongwei Cloud Data Center | Zhongwei | Expanding | 310 | undisclosed | China Unicom Ningxia (中国联合网络通信有限公司宁夏回族自治区分公司) | Confirmed |
| China Unicom (Huailai) Big Data Innovation Industrial Park (中国联通（怀来）大数据创新产业园) | Zhangjiakou | Expanding | 244 | undisclosed | China Unicom (中国联通) | Likely |
| China Unicom Southwest Data Center (Chongqing Shuitu) | Chongqing | Operational | 12,800 racks (7,687 live) * | undisclosed | China Unicom Chongqing (中国联通重庆分公司) | Likely |
| China Unicom Western (Chongqing) Science City Digital Innovation Industry Base | Chongqing | Announced | 14,500 racks * | undisclosed | China Unicom Chongqing (中国联通重庆分公司) | Likely |
| China Unicom (Gui'an) Cloud Computing Base | Gui'an | Operational | 32,000 racks * | undisclosed | China Unicom (中国联通) | No signal either way |
| China Unicom Hohhot Cloud Data Centre (中国联通呼和浩特云数据中心) | Hohhot | Expanding | 30,000 racks (10,800 live) * | undisclosed | China Unicom Inner Mongolia (中国联通内蒙古分公司) | Confirmed |
| China Unicom Wujiang Computing Centre (中国联通吴江算力中心) | Suzhou | Land and permitting | 10,000 racks * | undisclosed | China Unicom Suzhou (中国联通苏州分公司) | Likely |
| China Unicom Qingyang Intelligent Computing Center | Qingyang | Under construction | 8,000 racks * | undisclosed | China Unicom (中国联通) | Likely |
| China Unicom Greater Bay Area Hub (Shaoguan) Data Centre | Shaoguan | Operational | 48,000 racks * | undisclosed | China Unicom Guangdong (中国联通广东分公司) | Confirmed |
| China Unicom YRD (Wuhu) Intelligent Computing Centre (中国联通长三角（芜湖）智算中心) | Wuhu | Expanding | 8,750 racks (792 live) * | undisclosed | China Unicom (中国联通) | Likely |
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