Undisclosed · Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia, China

Envision Galaxy Ulanqab

612MW projected

The power of 500,000 US homes, once built.

Under construction. Projected to draw 612 MW by Dec 2027.

Chips: Ascend 950PR, Ascend 950DT

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Jesse Hawkins, “Envision Galaxy Ulanqab · The AI buildout”, jesseahawkins.com, data retrieved 22 Oct 2026. https://jesseahawkins.com/buildout/envision-galaxy-ulanqab/. Data: Epoch AI, “AI data centers”, CC BY 4.0.

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@misc{hawkins2026buildoutenvisiongalaxyulanqab,
  author = {Hawkins, Jesse},
  title = {{Envision Galaxy Ulanqab · The AI buildout}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://jesseahawkins.com/buildout/envision-galaxy-ulanqab/}},
  note = {Data: Epoch AI, ``AI data centers'', CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-10-22}
}

The data · Epoch AI

Epoch AI, 'AI data centers'. Published online at epoch.ai. Retrieved from 'https://epoch.ai/data/ai-data-centers' [online resource]. CC BY 4.0.

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Power over time

facility power · 7 milestones

Every milestone

1 Aug 2025 — Land clearing begins for Building 1.
11 May 2026 — Building 2 is under construction.
6 Aug 2026 — Building 1 being commissioned, Building 3 under construction
5 Sep 2026 — Land clearing begins for Building 4.
1 Nov 2026 · projected 153 MW Building 1 expected to be fully operational, assuming a 3-month fit-out period
1 Jul 2027 · projected 306 MW Building 2 expected to be fully operational, assuming a 3-month fitout period after taking one year from land clearing to commissioning, as demonstrated by Building 1. Similarly. Building 3 is expected to be commissioned now.
1 Dec 2027 · projected 612 MW Building 4 expected to be fully operational, assuming a 3-month fitout period after taking one year from land clearing to commissioning as demonstrated by Building 1.

Coal made 54% of the power in China

share of generation · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026

China World

Gas 3% against 21% for World
Coal 54% against 33% for World
Other fossil 1% against 3% for World
Nuclear 5% against 9% for World
Wind 11% against 9% for World
Solar 12% against 10% for World
Hydro 13% against 14% for World
Bio & other 1% against 2% for World

Fossil 58% (−2 pts on a year earlier) · nuclear 5% · renewables 37% · 554 g CO2e per kWh, life cycle · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026. Generation for all of China, without imports; the data does not show which grid feeds the site. Every country behind an AI site.

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selected by Epoch AI

Data: Epoch AI, “AI data centers”, CC BY 4.0, retrieved 22 Oct 2026. Facility power adds cooling and other overhead to the IT power the servers draw. Placed at the centre of Ulanqab. Grid: Ember, “Monthly Electricity Data and Yearly Electricity Data”, CC BY 4.0, retrieved 11 Oct 2026; shares computed here. All sources.