Ningxia, China - May 3, 2026 - China has brought online its first large-scale renewable energy project designed to supply power directly to data centers, marking a significant step in aligning artificial intelligence-driven computing demand with national decarbonization. Ningxia, China - May 3, 2026 - China has brought online its first large-scale renewable energy project designed to supply power directly to data centers, marking a significant step in aligning artificial intelligence-driven computing demand with national decarbonization. Ningxia, China - May 3, 2026 - China has brought online its first large-scale renewable energy project designed to supply power directly to data centers, marking a significant step in aligning artificial intelligence-driven computing demand with national decarbonization goals. The project, located. China's first large-scale project to supply renewable energy directly to data centres started operating on Saturday. The opening of the plant in the northwestern region of Ningxia, a major centre for wind and solar power, comes as Beijing tries to balance increased demand for electricity and. China is on course to nearly double its data center capacity within five years, with 28 gigawatts (GW) of new projects expected to come online by 2030, adding to the 32 GW already installed as of the end of last year, according to new analysis from Rystad Energy., 21Vianet, also consider Huawei-linked infrastructure suppliers). That tremendous increase in demand is due to power.