23-03 2026
Green Electricity and Intelligent Computing Power Resonate in Harmony
During the 2026 National Two Sessions, "power-computing synergy" was written into the government work report for the first time, explicitly designated as a new infrastructure initiative for building a new form of intelligent economy. This marks the integration of energy and digital development as a national strategy.
As a pioneer in building new-type power systems, China Southern Power Grid (hereinafter referred to as "CSG") has taken early steps in the field of "electricity-carbon-computing synergy." During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, CSG established a "3+1+X" digital infrastructure cluster, developed the "Electric Harmony IoT" operating system and high-efficiency servers, and launched China's first electricity-carbon-computing synergistic operation system, supporting the national strategy with a number of pioneering achievements. Looking ahead to the 15th Five-Year Plan period, CSG is making comprehensive deployments across infrastructure, technological innovation, scenario expansion, and ecosystem upgrading, establishing a benchmark for the development of power-computing synergy with the integrated paradigm of "electricity as the foundation, carbon as the link, and computing as the enabler."
Laying the Foundation: Forging the Path for Power-Computing Integration
CSG has pioneered a new approach to electricity-carbon-computing synergy led by the power grid, achieving landmark results in infrastructure development, technological breakthroughs, and scenario-based applications.
In terms of digital infrastructure, CSG has built a "3+1+X" digital infrastructure cluster centered on three major data centers—Tangxia, Huixu, and Gui'an—with general-purpose computing scale reaching 33,000 nodes, intelligent computing capacity exceeding 3,000 PFLOPS, and a cloud adoption rate of 100%, forming a computing network architecture characterized by "cloud-edge synergy and full-domain interconnectivity."
In technological innovation, CSG has achieved multiple "domestic firsts": it released the industry's first electricity-computing metering model and was selected as the only energy sector pilot for the national-level industry trust data space innovation development initiative; it launched China's first electricity-carbon-computing synergistic operation system, enabling cross-temporal optimized scheduling of computing tasks; it developed the first open-source IoT operating system in central state-owned enterprises, "Electric Harmony IoT"; and it independently developed high-efficiency servers that reduce energy consumption by 13%, saving 17 million kWh annually at the Gui'an Data Center.
Scenario-based applications have flourished. Through the electricity-carbon-computing synergistic operation system guiding cross-regional computing task migration, total electricity costs have been reduced by 16%, while rooftop photovoltaic green electricity has been effectively utilized. The adoption of solid-state transformers (SST) has reduced energy consumption by 3%. The innovative "shared energy storage" model has addressed the industry pain point of idle backup power resources.
Data management and ecosystem development have advanced in tandem. CSG has established a data asset management system based on "rights, responsibilities, benefits, volume, cost, and profit," with data resources exceeding 27 PB, and both full-domain data collection rate and data asset catalog coverage reaching 100%. It has taken the lead in establishing the IEEE PES Power System Communication and Network Security Technical Committee (China) Subcommittee on Power-Computing Synergy, and has formed an industry alliance for power-computing synergy in Gui'an New Area, bringing together over 20 organizations including Huawei, China Unicom, and China Telecom to build an "electricity-carbon-computing" industrial ecosystem.
Strategic Synergy: Four-Dimensional Collaboration Empowers New Capabilities
Chen Bin, Senior Manager for Data Management at CSG's Digitalization Department, noted that CSG's approach emphasizes deep integration across the entire chain of collaborative planning, construction, trading, and dispatching—the core characteristic of its "electricity-carbon-computing synergy" model.
Collaborative Planning achieves "power-computing synchronization." Adhering to the principle of "where computing is built, power planning follows," CSG incorporates green electricity resource requirements into the full process of computing center planning. The Gui'an Data Center hub cluster has achieved a power supply reliability rate of 99.999%.
Collaborative Construction addresses "integration bottlenecks." The innovative "computing via electricity" model enables quantitative assessment of computing efficiency per kilowatt-hour of electricity. The Gui'an Data Center has achieved over 80% green electricity consumption, while the "shared energy storage" model saves tens of millions of yuan in investment for a single computing cluster.
Collaborative Dispatching pursues "comprehensive optimization." By integrating factors such as electricity pricing signals, green electricity consumption, and server capacity to formulate optimal strategies, the comprehensive electricity cost for computing has been reduced by 16% to 33%, while increasing the proportion of green electricity consumed.
Collaborative Trading explores "market innovation." CSG has promoted pilot cross-provincial and cross-regional power-computing transactions, establishing a tripartite "electricity-carbon-computing" trading model that provides a replicable and scalable solution.
Breaking New Ground: Upgrading to an Intelligent Computing Era
It is projected that by 2030, China's electricity consumption for computing will reach 480 billion kWh, with carbon emissions exceeding 200 million tons. CSG's 15th Five-Year Plan for digital and intelligent development presents a comprehensive blueprint for "electricity-carbon-computing synergy," proposing a development path of "intelligence, ecosystem integration, and convergence," aiming to become a core foundational enterprise in the intelligent era.
Technological innovation will advance in depth. CSG will deepen the electricity-carbon-computing metering model, build systems of standards, patents, and products, upgrade the synergistic operation system to enhance cross-regional scheduling capabilities, and explore mechanisms for leveraging the electricity market to drive the computing market.
Scenario applications will expand across the board. CSG will promote unified management of computing resources and provide solutions for key industries such as power generation, rail transit, and mining. It will deepen the synergy between the "East Data West Computing" initiative and the "West-East Power Transmission" initiative, addressing the spatial mismatch between computing power and green electricity.
Ecosystem development will be comprehensively upgraded. CSG will promote the establishment of industry standards for power-computing synergy, expand the influence of the trust data space ecosystem, and cultivate interdisciplinary talent with expertise in both power systems and digital technology.
From laying the groundwork during the 14th Five-Year Plan period to accelerating development in the 15th Five-Year Plan period, CSG's practice of "electricity-carbon-computing synergy" has consistently resonated with the national strategy. Looking toward the new era of the intelligent economy, CSG will continue to leverage innovation and practical action, enabling green electricity and intelligent computing power to advance in tandem, delivering exceptional results in service of Chinese-style modernization.
