China’s offshore wind-powered underwater data center, said to be the world’s first of its kind, has entered full commercial operation off the coast of Shanghai’s Lingang Special Area.
The $226M project was officially launched in June 2025 through a cooperation agreement signed between the Lingang Special Area administrative committee, Shanghai Lingang Special Area Investment Holding Group, and HiCloud Technology.
Separately, HiCloud also signed operational agreements with partners, including Shenergy Group, Shanghai Telecom, CCCC Third Harbor Engineering, and others. China Telecom has deployed GPU clusters within the facility as a computing client.
Having completed the construction in October 2025, the full-scale operations began last week following initial trials earlier this year.
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