Operational
Alibaba Zhangbei
Alibaba · Zhangbei, China
Alibaba Zhangbei is a operational data center project in Zhangbei, China. This record brings together its location, estimated IT capacity, construction timeline, water-disclosure gaps and original sources.
Epoch AI · Checked 2026-09-15 · Owner confidence: confident
AI data center listed by Epoch AI.
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169 MW
Source observation: 2026-01-03
Site water use
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Project timeline
Source notes reproduced from Epoch AI. Future projections are excluded. Status may have changed since the latest observation.
Expect Building 4-6 have finished upgrading with new chillers.
Chillers look fully installed on Building 4-6. Some chillers on Building 4 and 5 appear to have snow in the fan holes, suggesting they are not operating and other chillers are operating (since warm air would melt the snow). There is still a bit of construction equipment around Building 6 so it may not be quite operational.
Large substation is visibly connected to transmission lines. New chillers look fully installed on Building 1-3. Since power and cooling is apparently in place, we expect Building 1-3 are operational. Chillers are almost installed on Building 4-6, with construction equipment still around the building.
New chiller configuration starts getting installed on Building 1-3.
Location
Alibaba Zhangbei Yun Calculation Data Center, Zhangbei County, Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China, 076471
View the surrounding area ↗Sources & further reading
- Epoch AI — dataset and methodology ↗
- Sinocities blog on Eastern Data Western Compute sites ↗
- News on the Chahar site, with an aerial photo ↗
- Hebei government page with 3D renderings of the Miaotan North and Chahar sites ↗
- Announcement of the Hebei Zhangbei Intelligent Computing Center ↗
Dataset attribution: Epoch AI, CC BY.
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Frequently asked questions about Alibaba Zhangbei
Where is Alibaba Zhangbei?
Alibaba Zhangbei is listed at Alibaba Zhangbei Yun Calculation Data Center, Zhangbei County, Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China, 076471. The project is in Zhangbei, China.
How much power does Alibaba Zhangbei use?
The latest source-backed estimate in this atlas is 169 MW of operating IT capacity, observed for 2026-01-03. This is an estimate of computing capacity, not metered annual electricity consumption.
How much water does Alibaba Zhangbei use?
No verified site-level water withdrawal or consumption figure has been added to this atlas. A missing figure means the value is not verified here, not that the project uses no water.