(June 7): China’s first prefabricated computing power hub has started operations, offering a faster and lower-cost way to build and supply electricity to data centers, according to a report from China Central Television.
The system, based in the eastern city of Qingdao in Shandong province, can cut land use by more than 30% and reduce overall costs by about 20%, the report said. Construction can be completed in as little as five months, CCTV added.
“We ensure that every piece of equipment is equipped with three separate power sources, thereby providing a robust power supply,” Zhou Jun, executive president of Qingdao TGOOD Electric Co, said in the report. The company makes products such as prefabricated substations and power transformers.
“This design not only withstands fluctuations in the external power grid and the demands of GPU computing loads, but also ensures safe and reliable operation in the event of equipment failure,” he said.
The prefabricated system has already been connected to a company-built data centre and is expected to be deployed in national and regional computing hubs later this year, CCTV reported.
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