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CCCC Smart Data Valley, Zhongwei data center

Zhongwei, Ningxia, China · Zhongwei market · location approximate to city level

Also listed as 中交智数谷(宁夏·中卫)产业园.

CCCC Smart Data Valley, Zhongwei is a data center project in Zhongwei, China, operated by CCCC Smart Data Valley (China Communications Construction Group). It is operational. It is planned for 140 MW of IT load.

Latest change on record: entered the record as operational on 17 November 2025. Record last checked against its sources on 18 October 2026.

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Stage
Operational
Planned IT load
140 MW
Running now
Not disclosed
Operators rarely publish this
Operator
CCCC Smart Data Valley (China Communications Construction Group)
Local developer
AI workloads
Likely
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

Zhongwei holds 18 active projects with 3,558 MW of planned IT load between them, and CCCC Smart Data Valley, Zhongwei ranks 6th by planned capacity. Of those, 5 are operational, 5 are operational and expanding, 3 are under construction, 3 are at the land and permitting stage and 2 are announced only. No third party publishes a colocation vacancy rate for Zhongwei, and ArusGrid does not estimate one.

It is the only China Communications Construction Group project ArusGrid tracks. No tenant has been disclosed, which is normal for colocation and says nothing about occupancy.

The build is phased. Phase 1 is operational with a 2025 target; Full park at 140 MW is announced. The stage was recorded as operational on 17 November 2025. The money on record is CN¥3.8bn as of November 2025, the announced investment.

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 4 public sources for this project, the latest dated 20 May 2026, and last checked the record on 18 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

StatusLikely

A 140MW IT greenfield park opened in 2025 for computing services.

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

Phases

Phase 1 · OperationalSize not published, target 2025
Full park · Announced140 MW

Stage history

2025-11-17Operational · chinanews.com.cn

Who is behind it

OperatorCCCC Smart Data Valley (China Communications Construction Group) · Local developer

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, 2025-11CN¥3.8bn

The figure covers the whole campus.

Colocation price per kW of IT load per month

No published price band exists for China, and ArusGrid does not estimate from the regional benchmark alone. What was searched is listed on the Colo prices page.

Land
Site151,800 sqm · Nov 2025 Reported source ↗
Total site area 15.18万平方米; relationship not stated
Power supply
On-site solar1 MW · Mar 2026 Reported source ↗
Rooftop solar of over 1,000 kW was being installed. Xinhua in February 2026 also said the park plans centralised solar and aims for 100 percent clean energy supply. · Onsite solar is small relative to the 140MW IT load. Grid supplier not named. · Applies to the whole campus.
Water and cooling
Coolingdesign PUE <1.2 Reported source ↗
Article cites the 8.8C annual mean temperature as favourable for natural cooling but does not describe the system.

Sources checked 2026-10-18

  1. 中交智数谷(宁夏·中卫)园区开园 整体IT容量超140兆瓦 (中国新闻网, 2025-11-17)
  2. 因地制宜发展新质生产力丨打造“绿色算力之都”,宁夏中卫靠什么? (新华网, 2026-03-17)
  3. 中交(中卫)云数据中心项目(一期)建设工程规划许可证证后公示 (中卫市自然资源局, 2024-05-17)
  4. 中交(中卫)云数据中心项目(二期)(B1、B2数据中心、水泵房二、室外群组设备3、4)建筑工程规划许可证证后公示 (中卫市自然资源局, 2026-05-20)

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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.