彭博新能源财经（BloombergNEF）研究显示，中国超过一半的在建数据中心项目已集中在北部和西北部，预计到2028年该区域将超越北京与上海，成为全国最大的算力来源。DeepSeek与Z.AI等中国人工智慧先锋企业正纷纷在此兴建吉瓦级大型数据中心，借由当地低廉的电力成本、凉爽气候与空间优势，全力支援高能耗但低延迟敏感度的人工智慧模型训练与云端储存需求。
尽管西北地区拥有丰富的可再生能源且政策要求新数据中心绿电使用率需逾80%，但东部特大城市仍具备更优越的网络连通性优势。此外，政策激励下大规模投资也带来潜在产能过剩风险，促使中央政府对大型项目实施国家审批机制以遏制盲目重复建设，但当前这波建设浪潮已为当地经济与居民带来显著的繁荣商机。
Ulanqab, a city in Inner Mongolia, is rapidly transforming into an emerging technological hub. Under Beijing's "Data in the East, Computing in the West" initiative, China is actively relocating computing infrastructure away from crowded eastern megacities to northern and northwestern regions rich in land and cheap green energy. Once primarily a grassland tourism getaway for Beijingers, this modest city of under 2 million people is now booming with data center construction sites, cranes, and hard-hat workers. (Key numbers: 200)
According to research by BloombergNEF, more than half of China's data-center project pipeline is now concentrated across the north and northwest, poised to surpass established hubs like Beijing and Shanghai by 2028 as the country's primary source of computing capacity. AI frontrunners such as DeepSeek and Z.AI are erecting massive gigawatt-scale data centers in the region, leveraging cooler climates, cheaper power, and abundant land to fuel energy-intensive workloads like AI model training and cloud storage.
Although the northwestern region benefits from surplus renewable power and faces strict regulations requiring over 80% green electricity usage, eastern metropolises retain superior network connectivity. Furthermore, massive enthusiasm and policy incentives risk triggering industrial overcapacity, leading Beijing to enforce strict national approvals for major projects to curb speculative construction even as local businesses and residents thrive amidst the ongoing boom.