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China Mobile Hohhot Data Center

Horinger, Inner Mongolia, China · Horinger and Hohhot market · location approximate to district level

Also listed as 中国移动(呼和浩特)数据中心, 中国移动呼和浩特数据中心, 中国移动智算中心(呼和浩特) and China Mobile Hohhot Intelligent Computing Center.

China Mobile Hohhot Data Center is a data center project in Horinger, China, operated by China Mobile (中国移动). It is operational. It is planned for 120 MW of IT load.

Latest change on record: entered the record as operational on 12 November 2024. Record last checked against its sources on 19 October 2026.

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Stage
Operational
Planned IT load
120 MW
Running now
Not disclosed
Operators rarely publish this
Operator
China Mobile (中国移动)
Telco
AI workloads
Confirmed
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

Horinger and Hohhot holds 10 active projects with 298 MW of planned IT load between them, and China Mobile Hohhot Data Center ranks first by planned capacity. Of those, 3 are operational, 1 is operational and expanding, 1 is under construction, 2 are at the land and permitting stage and 3 are announced only. No third party publishes a colocation vacancy rate for Horinger and Hohhot, and ArusGrid does not estimate one.

China Mobile has 11 others in China tracked by ArusGrid, including China Mobile Zhongwei Data Center, Park B, China Mobile (Gansu Qingyang) Data Center and China Mobile Zhongwei Data Center, Xuanhe Park. It sits on the China Mobile Hohhot campus. No tenant has been disclosed, which is normal for colocation and says nothing about occupancy.

The stage was recorded as operational on 12 November 2024. The money on record is CN¥22bn as of September 2016, the announced investment. Power comes from unknown through a renewable power purchase agreement (reported, unconfirmed). Cooling uses direct liquid cooling.

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 15 public sources for this project, the latest dated 13 October 2026, and last checked the record on 19 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

StatusConfirmed

China Mobile Intelligent Computing Center (Hohhot) runs 2,392 AI servers at 6.7 EFLOPS with more than 85% domestic chips (C114, 2024-11-12). Xinhua (2026-06-22) reports about 20,000 AI accelerator cards and calls it the largest single liquid-cooled intelligent computing centre among global carriers.

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

Stage history

2024-11-12Operational · m.c114.com.cn

Who is behind it

OperatorChina Mobile (中国移动) · Telco

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, 2016-09CN¥22bn

The figure covers the whole campus.

Colocation price per kW of IT load per month

No colocation price applies to this product (retail interconnection, no colocation price applies).

Project team
ArchitectChina Mobile Design Institute (中国移动设计院) · Sep 2026 · completed Reported source ↗
Design and delivery of Hohhot DC building B09, a national green demonstration project (single-storey warehouse-style hall, micro-modules)
Main contractor中建三局集团有限公司 · CNY 2,702m · Mar 2026 Confirmed source ↗
Consortium member and builder for B25/B27 (civil works incl. outdoor plus M&E installation, IT load 120MW, cold-plate liquid cooling). Stnn/快科技 reported on 2026-10-12 that B25/B27 are complete and built by 中建三局.
Design and build contractor华信咨询设计研究院有限公司 · CNY 2,702m · Mar 2026 Reported source ↗
Lot 1 EPC lead for B25 and B27 buildings, with 中建三局 and 中邮建技术 (Hohhot DC expansion, 698 days from Feb 2026).
Design and build contractor中国移动通信集团设计院有限公司 · CNY 2,490m · Mar 2026 Reported source ↗
Lot 2 EPC lead for B26 and B28 buildings, with 中建科工 and 中国电子系统工程第四建设.
Mechanical and electrical works香江系统(城地香江全资子公司),联合体:邮电设计院 · Apr 2026 · bid submitted, result pending Reported source ↗
Bid candidate for lot 3 (B15 building) of 中国移动呼和浩特数据中心B11-B16机房楼机电配套工程EPC总承包采购项目. Xiangjiang takes 99.7% of the workload. Amount not disclosed.
Land
Site666,667 sqm · Jun 2026 Reported source ↗
Approximate (占地千亩) Source states 1000 mu; converted at 666.7 sqm per mu.
Power supply
Power allocation or planJul 2026 Reported source ↗
Green power was 88% of supply; 2025 consumption was 850 million kWh, 88% of it green. · Supplier, voltage and capacity not disclosed.
Renewable power dealunknown · Oct 2026 Reported source ↗
Green power covers 88% of consumption. In 2025 the site bought 750 GWh of green power through direct green supply and medium and long-term market contracts.
Dedicated substationChina Mobile Inner Mongolia (中国移动通信集团内蒙古有限公司), substation owner · 252 MVA · 110kV · Jan 2026 Reported source ↗
The Hohhot environment bureau approved the EIA for the data centre's second 110kV substation (呼环政批字〔2026〕11号). It has four 63MVA transformers and four 110kV lines, two to the 雅达牧 substation and two spare. It sits in the Yungu area of Horinger New Area. · Applies to the whole campus.
Water and cooling
CoolingDirect liquid cooling Reported source ↗
Described as the world's largest single liquid-cooled intelligent computing centre among operators
CoolingDirect liquid cooling · design PUE 1.15 Reported source ↗
Large-scale cold-plate liquid cooling plus an AI energy management system.
CoolingHybrid air and liquid cooling Reported source ↗
Building B09 combines magnetic-levitation phase-change air conditioning, fluorine-pump air conditioning, indirect evaporative cooling and liquid cooling. Rooftop PV connected at low voltage.
WaterInner Mongolia Jingneng Shengle Thermal Power (内蒙古京能盛乐热电), waste heat Reported source ↗
Building B02 is in service. Its PUE fell from 1.315 to 1.209. That is a measured figure, not a design PUE.
CoolingHybrid air and liquid cooling Reported source ↗
Waste heat from the power plant is turned into a cooling source for the data centre through an existing 4.6km heat network. Full build-out is expected to save 10 million kWh and 150,000 tonnes of water a year.

Sources checked 2026-10-19

  1. China Mobile (Hohhot) Data Center (China Daily, 2016-09-08)
  2. China Mobile (China Daily, 2016-12-16)
  3. 中国移动智算中心(南京)正式上线投产,智算总规模超26EFLOPS (C114, 2024-11-12)
  4. 呼和浩特绿色算力产业发展观察 (Xinhua, 2026-06-22)
  5. 从“二十间房子”到“中国云谷”——内蒙古和林格尔新区书写算力新传奇 (China News Service, 2026-07-01)
  6. 内蒙古和林格尔新区:算力驱动新发展 (新华网, 2026-06-15)
  7. 52亿EPC大项目,中标揭榜! (建筑业说 via 新浪财经, 2026-03-10)
  8. 中建三局联合体中标中国移动呼和浩特数据中心B25、B27机房楼EPC总承包采购项目 (中国建筑集团, 2026-03-24)
  9. 城地香江:联合预中标中国移动呼和浩特数据中心项目 (证券时报e公司 via 新浪财经, 2026-04-17)
  10. 全球运营商最大单体智算中心扩容工程竣工,总算力达20100P (凤凰网 (IT之家, citing 内蒙古日报), 2026-10-12)
  11. 技术融合破局 绿色算力赋能——中国移动设计院引领数据中心低碳发展新路径 (C114通信网, 2026-09-10)
  12. 世界算力竞逐,内蒙古何以崛起? (新华每日电讯, 2026-10-12)
  13. 余热变冷源!和林格尔新区探索算力升级新路径 (内蒙古新闻网, 2026-10-13)
  14. 呼环政批字〔2026〕11号 关于中国移动呼和浩特数据中心第二110kV变电站新建工程环境影响报告表的批复 (呼和浩特市生态环境局, 2026-01-29)
  15. 独家!运营商AIDC基建投资监测:9月预算总额超137亿元 中移居三家之首 (C114通信网, 2026-10-10)

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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.