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Apple Inner Mongolia iCloud Data Center

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

Also listed as 苹果乌兰察布数据中心, 苹果数据中心 and Apple Ulanqab.

Apple Inner Mongolia iCloud Data Center is a data center project in Ulanqab, China, operated by Apple (local operating company not named). It is operational. The operator has not published a capacity figure, and ArusGrid does not estimate one.

Latest change on record: moved to operational on 16 August 2026. Record last checked against its sources on 19 October 2026.

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Stage
Operational
Planned IT load
Not published
Running now
Not disclosed
Operators rarely publish this
Operator
Apple (local operating company not named)
Hyperscaler self-build
AI workloads
No signal either way
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 Apple Inner Mongolia iCloud Data Center has no published figure so it sits outside that ranking. 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 Apple project ArusGrid tracks. The named user of the compute is Apple iCloud China (reported, unconfirmed).

The dated record runs from announced only on 7 February 2018 to operational on 16 August 2026.

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 3 public sources for this project, the latest dated 16 August 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 capitalNo
Dated, sized phaseNo
Three or more sourcesYes
Dated source in the last 24 monthsYes

AI workloads

StatusNo signal either way

No public signal either way.

Access to AI chips

GradeCommercial signal only

A chip-vendor partnership or US hyperscaler relationship has been announced, but no government document names anyone involved. Signal, not licence. Criteria are published on the Methodology page.

US licence required for this destination as enforcedYes
A party headquartered in China or Macau on the projectNo
Country-level export frameworkNo
A party named in a government authorisationNo
US approved operator or confirmed client on the projectYes
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

2018-02-07Announced · www2.yicaiglobal.com
2026-08-16Operational · cj.sina.com.cn

Who is behind it

OperatorApple (local operating company not named) · Hyperscaler self-build

Who uses the compute

Own use · hyperscalerApple iCloud China · reported, unconfirmed

as of 2026-08-16

The Economic Observer says Apple iCloud servers are located in the Yiwutang cluster.

Source · 算热土乌兰察布 (Economic Observer via Sina Finance, 2026-08-16)

Colocation price per kW of IT load per month

An own-use build. No colocation price applies.

Build, land, power and water
Nothing found in public sources yet. Most contractors and utilities never name their data centre clients. Know who built it or where its power comes from? Tell us.

Sources checked 2026-10-19

  1. Apple to Open Another iCloud Data Center in China to Comply With Regulations (Yicai Global, 2018-02-07)
  2. Apple to build second Chinese data center (DCD, 2018-02-06)
  3. 算热土乌兰察布 (Economic Observer via Sina Finance, 2026-08-16)

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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.