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Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
May 16, 2026 · Industry Insights

Designing a 2026 Ultra‑Large Green AI Data Center: Full Infrastructure Blueprint

This article presents a comprehensive 2026 design plan for an ultra‑large green AI data center with 5,000 cabinets, 150 MW IT load, and 200 MW capacity, detailing market drivers, core metrics, six design principles, site and power architecture, liquid‑cooling, networking, security, and AI‑driven autonomous operations.

2026 designAI data centerDCIM
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Designing a 2026 Ultra‑Large Green AI Data Center: Full Infrastructure Blueprint
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Sep 10, 2025 · Operations

Why Data Centers Are the Power Bottleneck for AI – Trends, Costs & Green Solutions

The article examines the soaring electricity demand of data centers worldwide, especially in China, highlights regional distribution and PUE improvements, explores AI's massive power consumption, and outlines green computing strategies such as efficiency upgrades, waste‑heat reuse, and renewable energy integration.

AI power demandData centerEnergy Consumption
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Why Data Centers Are the Power Bottleneck for AI – Trends, Costs & Green Solutions
AntTech
AntTech
Nov 5, 2024 · Operations

Green Computing Resource Allocation and Task Scheduling Algorithm Wins ORSC 2024 Operations Application Award

The Zhejiang University and Ant Group collaborative project on green‑computing resource allocation and task scheduling received the Operations Application Award at ORSC 2024, highlighting its multi‑stage optimization, significant CPU and carbon savings, and related publications in top conferences.

AwardOperations Researchcloud optimization
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Green Computing Resource Allocation and Task Scheduling Algorithm Wins ORSC 2024 Operations Application Award
AntTech
AntTech
Oct 25, 2024 · Artificial Intelligence

Ant Group and CCF Launch Third‑Phase Green Computing and Privacy Computing Funds at CNCC2024

At the CNCC2024 conference in Hangzhou, Ant Group and the China Computer Federation announced third‑phase research funds for green computing and privacy computing, committing tens of millions of yuan to support AI‑infra, model algorithms, trusted confidential computing, and related academic collaborations across leading universities.

Ant GroupResearch Fundingacademic collaboration
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Ant Group and CCF Launch Third‑Phase Green Computing and Privacy Computing Funds at CNCC2024
AntTech
AntTech
Jan 3, 2024 · Cloud Native

Ant Group’s Green Computing Technology Recognized for Energy Efficiency and Carbon Reduction

The National Energy Center’s recent green computing evaluation highlighted Ant Group’s innovative cloud‑native scheduling, AI‑driven prediction, and offline mixed‑branch technologies that significantly improve data‑center energy efficiency, reduce carbon emissions, and demonstrate strong promotion value across major enterprises.

AI OptimizationData centercloud-native scheduling
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Ant Group’s Green Computing Technology Recognized for Energy Efficiency and Carbon Reduction
AntTech
AntTech
Dec 12, 2023 · Fundamentals

Overview of the “Green Computing Technology White Paper”

The white paper released at the ODCC winter plenary outlines the definition, development stages, key technologies, application scenarios, challenges, and policy recommendations for green computing in China, emphasizing its role in sustainable digital transformation and low‑carbon economic growth.

Digital Transformationenergy efficiencygreen computing
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Overview of the “Green Computing Technology White Paper”
AntTech
AntTech
Nov 13, 2023 · Cloud Native

IEEE Standardization Workshop on Cloud‑Native and Green Computing Launches Green Evaluation Initiative

The inaugural IEEE standards conference on cloud‑native and green computing held in Shenzhen gathered industry and standards leaders to discuss sustainable cloud practices, introduce new metrics such as CPUE, and announce a collaborative green evaluation standardization action to drive eco‑friendly cloud development.

IEEEIndustry collaborationSustainability
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IEEE Standardization Workshop on Cloud‑Native and Green Computing Launches Green Evaluation Initiative
AntTech
AntTech
Nov 10, 2023 · Cloud Native

Highlights of the 2023 Financial Industry Cloud‑Native Green Computing Development Forum

The forum held on October 25, co‑organized by China Financial Computer magazine and Ant Group, gathered experts from eleven financial institutions to share cloud‑native and green‑computing practices—including distributed stacks, hybrid deployments, secure containers, serverless, and continuous profiling—aimed at advancing low‑carbon, high‑quality compute in the financial sector.

ContainerResource OptimizationServerless
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Highlights of the 2023 Financial Industry Cloud‑Native Green Computing Development Forum
AntTech
AntTech
Sep 18, 2023 · Artificial Intelligence

Green Computing in the Era of Large Models: Highlights from the 2023 Inclusion·Bund Conference

The 2023 Inclusion·Bund Conference examined the rapid growth of large‑model AI, the resulting GPU shortage, and presented multi‑sector strategies—including policy guidance, ESG standards, AI‑driven optimization, and collaborative standards—to achieve sustainable, energy‑efficient computing across the entire ecosystem.

AIData CentersSustainability
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Green Computing in the Era of Large Models: Highlights from the 2023 Inclusion·Bund Conference
AntTech
AntTech
Sep 8, 2023 · Cloud Computing

Green Computing in the Cloud Era: Highlights from the 2023 Inclusion·Bund Conference

The 2023 Inclusion·Bund Conference examined the surge in large‑model demand, GPU scarcity, and the resulting energy challenges, presenting policy initiatives, industry collaborations, and AI‑driven techniques aimed at building an end‑to‑end green computing ecosystem across the cloud and data‑center stack.

AIData Centerscloud computing
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Green Computing in the Cloud Era: Highlights from the 2023 Inclusion·Bund Conference
21CTO
21CTO
Apr 1, 2023 · Artificial Intelligence

Can the AI Boom Harm Our Planet and Society?

Microsoft advisor Leslie Miley warns that the rapid expansion of AI, from massive data‑center energy use to amplified social biases and cryptocurrency’s hidden costs, threatens the environment, communities, and future generations unless smaller models and greener tools are adopted.

AI biasAI sustainabilitydata center energy
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Can the AI Boom Harm Our Planet and Society?
AntTech
AntTech
Feb 27, 2023 · Fundamentals

CCF‑Ant Group Green Computing Research Fund 2022: Selected Projects and Academic Exchange

The 2022 CCF‑Ant Green Computing research fund announced 27 selected projects from 19 universities, highlighted the fund's goals of advancing efficient AI and data computing, and described the subsequent academic exchange meeting that gathered scholars to discuss green computing trends and Ant Group's commitment to open‑source, sustainable technology development.

Ant GroupCCFResearch Funding
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CCF‑Ant Group Green Computing Research Fund 2022: Selected Projects and Academic Exchange
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Feb 22, 2023 · Industry Insights

What’s Driving the Rise of Immersion Liquid‑Cooling in Smart Computing?

The 2023 Immersion Liquid‑Cooling Smart Computing Summit in Quzhou gathered leading firms like Alibaba Cloud, OPPO and ODCC to showcase nine new research results, discuss standards, share expert insights on architecture, signal integrity and power design, and outline the future of green, high‑performance data‑center infrastructure.

Alibaba CloudData centerImmersion Cooling
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What’s Driving the Rise of Immersion Liquid‑Cooling in Smart Computing?
Open Source Linux
Open Source Linux
Jan 30, 2023 · Artificial Intelligence

How Liquid‑Cooled Servers Power the AI Future Inspired by “The Wandering Earth 2”

The article explores how the sci‑fi blockbuster “The Wandering Earth 2” highlights cutting‑edge liquid‑cooling server technology, linking it to the massive AI compute demands of the future, the push for greener data centers, and China’s Sugon innovations that could dramatically cut energy use.

AI computeSugondata center efficiency
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How Liquid‑Cooled Servers Power the AI Future Inspired by “The Wandering Earth 2”
AntTech
AntTech
Jan 17, 2023 · Cloud Computing

Insights on Green Computing: Challenges, Trends, and Solutions from Ant Group and Academia

The interview explores the rapid rise of green computing, examining energy consumption of data centers, low CPU utilization, software‑centric optimization, cloud‑native scheduling, AI and big‑data workloads, and future technical and educational efforts needed to achieve sustainable, low‑carbon computing at scale.

AIdata center energygreen computing
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Insights on Green Computing: Challenges, Trends, and Solutions from Ant Group and Academia
AntTech
AntTech
Jan 13, 2023 · Fundamentals

Green Computing: Accelerating Low‑Carbon Digital Transformation and Talent Development in China

The article examines China's push for green computing as a strategic response to rapid technological change, high energy consumption, and carbon‑neutral goals, highlighting industry challenges, the need for efficient hardware and software solutions, and the role of competitions and talent cultivation in fostering sustainable digital transformation.

Digital TransformationTalent Developmentenergy efficiency
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Green Computing: Accelerating Low‑Carbon Digital Transformation and Talent Development in China
Tencent Cloud Developer
Tencent Cloud Developer
Dec 21, 2022 · Cloud Computing

ITU-T Approves First International Standard for Cloud Computing Energy Consumption Management and Optimization Platform

On 27 October 2022, ITU‑T approved the world’s first international standard (TD530‑R1) for a cloud‑computing energy‑consumption management and optimization platform, built on the OpenCloudOS “WuNeng” system that can cut data‑center power use by 5‑30 % with under 0.1 % performance loss, supporting global carbon‑neutral goals.

Carbon NeutralityITU-T standardOpenCloudOS
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ITU-T Approves First International Standard for Cloud Computing Energy Consumption Management and Optimization Platform
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Sep 10, 2022 · Operations

Highlights of the 2022 ODCC Summit: Green Low‑Carbon Data Center Innovations and Technical Standards

The 2022 ODCC summit in Beijing showcased 55 innovative achievements across servers, networks, data‑center facilities, edge computing and intelligent monitoring, unveiling whitepapers, industry standards, OSSP specifications, liquid‑cooling guidelines, green data‑center practices, high‑performance networking and AI‑driven operations to promote low‑carbon, high‑efficiency computing infrastructure.

AIHigh‑performance computingcloud infrastructure
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Highlights of the 2022 ODCC Summit: Green Low‑Carbon Data Center Innovations and Technical Standards
AntTech
AntTech
Aug 1, 2022 · Cloud Native

Green Computing Strategies and Cloud‑Native Architecture at the 2022 China Computing Power Conference

In his Ant Group presentation at the 2022 China Computing Power Conference, He Zhengyu outlined how cloud‑native upgrades, time‑slice scheduling, AI‑driven capacity prediction, and mixed online‑offline deployment have dramatically improved server utilization, cut carbon emissions, and driven open‑source contributions toward sustainable computing.

AI elasticitydata center efficiencygreen computing
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Green Computing Strategies and Cloud‑Native Architecture at the 2022 China Computing Power Conference
21CTO
21CTO
Jul 6, 2022 · Operations

Energy-Efficient Programming Languages: Results from a Cross-Language Study

A recent paper examines the energy consumption, runtime, and memory usage of software across 27 programming languages, revealing that compiled languages like C and C++ are the most energy‑efficient, while highlighting the growing importance of energy awareness in software development and its implications for embedded, mobile, and cryptocurrency applications.

Benchmarkenergy efficiencygreen computing
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Energy-Efficient Programming Languages: Results from a Cross-Language Study
AntTech
AntTech
May 30, 2022 · Information Security

Ant Group’s Technical Innovations: Green Computing, Trusted Mobile Anti‑Fraud Sandbox, Open‑Source Privacy Platform, OceanBase DB Competition, and Security Parallel Slice

This article highlights Ant Group’s recent technical achievements—including green carbon‑reduction scheduling, the AntDTX trusted privacy sandbox for mobile anti‑fraud, the open‑source YinYu privacy‑computing platform, the OceanBase database competition, and the Space5D security parallel‑slice architecture—showcasing their impact on sustainability, security, and open‑source collaboration.

Cloud NativePrivacy Computinganti-fraud
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Ant Group’s Technical Innovations: Green Computing, Trusted Mobile Anti‑Fraud Sandbox, Open‑Source Privacy Platform, OceanBase DB Competition, and Security Parallel Slice
Shopee Tech Team
Shopee Tech Team
May 26, 2022 · Cloud Computing

Shopee's Green Computing Practices: Optimizing Resource Utilization in Data Centers

Shopee reduces data‑center carbon emissions by over 40,000 tons annually through three 2021 green‑computing technologies—Overcommit resource oversubscription, mixed‑model Colocation of latency‑sensitive and batch workloads, and enhanced Auto Scaling that leverages global metrics to cut machine usage and improve resource efficiency.

Auto ScalingKubernetescarbon emissions
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Shopee's Green Computing Practices: Optimizing Resource Utilization in Data Centers
Bilibili Tech
Bilibili Tech
Apr 29, 2022 · Cloud Computing

B站R2-AZ2定制化数据中心：预制化模块与智能节能技术实践

Bilibili's R2-AZ2 custom data center uses prefabricated modular containers and advanced liquid cooling, AI monitoring, and other green technologies to deliver 35 MW capacity with PUE under 1.2, supporting China's carbon‑peak/neutrality goals while enabling rapid, scalable deployment.

PUE optimizationbilateral carbon neutralitygreen computing
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B站R2-AZ2定制化数据中心：预制化模块与智能节能技术实践
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Jul 16, 2021 · Cloud Computing

Alibaba’s Green Low‑Carbon Data Center Initiatives and Immersive Liquid‑Cooling Practices

The article reports on Alibaba’s recent efforts to build green, low‑carbon data centers—including large‑scale immersion liquid‑cooling deployments, open standards, and ambitious carbon‑neutral goals—within the broader context of China’s new data‑center action plan and industry trends.

AlibabaLow Carboncloud infrastructure
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Alibaba’s Green Low‑Carbon Data Center Initiatives and Immersive Liquid‑Cooling Practices
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Nov 23, 2019 · Operations

Green Computing in Data Centers: Definitions, Research Scope, and Energy‑Saving Technologies

The article examines the rapid growth of information system energy consumption, defines green computing, outlines its research focus—especially on data centers, cloud computing and servers—and analyzes a range of energy‑saving technologies such as DVFS, heterogeneous computing, liquid cooling, rack‑level servers, advanced power supply, backplane cooling and fluorocarbon pump AC systems.

DVFSenergy efficiencygreen computing
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Green Computing in Data Centers: Definitions, Research Scope, and Energy‑Saving Technologies
Alibaba Cloud Native
Alibaba Cloud Native
Oct 4, 2019 · Cloud Computing

Why Serverless Is the Next Evolution in Cloud Computing

The article traces the origins and rapid growth of serverless computing—from its early concept by Iron.io’s Ken to mainstream adoption through AWS Lambda, Alibaba Cloud Function Compute, and other FaaS platforms—explaining its architecture, benefits such as low cost, automatic scaling, green computing, and future trends like serverless containers and fine‑grained resources.

ContainersFaaSScalability
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Why Serverless Is the Next Evolution in Cloud Computing
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Sep 29, 2018 · Cloud Computing

Beijing’s New Data Center Ban: Driving Green, Low‑Energy Cloud Computing

Beijing’s 2018 prohibition catalogue tightens rules on new data centers, limiting construction to ultra‑efficient facilities, which reshapes the local IDC market, spurs green‑focused opportunities in surrounding regions, and underscores the growing importance of energy‑saving cloud infrastructure.

Beijing policyData Centerscloud infrastructure
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Beijing’s New Data Center Ban: Driving Green, Low‑Energy Cloud Computing
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Sep 9, 2015 · Cloud Computing

Alibaba's QianDao Lake Data Center Uses Deep Lake Water Cooling to Achieve Ultra‑Low PUE and Record Water‑Use Efficiency

On September 8, Alibaba launched its QianDao Lake data center in Zhejiang, employing sealed deep‑lake water cooling that eliminates electric refrigeration for 90% of operation, achieving a PUE as low as 1.17, a water‑use efficiency of 0.197, and showcasing custom hardware and renewable energy integration to support its cloud and big‑data services.

Alibaba CloudPUEenergy efficiency
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Alibaba's QianDao Lake Data Center Uses Deep Lake Water Cooling to Achieve Ultra‑Low PUE and Record Water‑Use Efficiency