VNET Ulanqab (Bayin) campus

AI data center in Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia, China, operated by VNET.

A VNET hyperscale campus in Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia, part of VNET's '10 GW Hyperscale 2.0' plan. Epoch AI lists ByteDance as a speculative user and Huawei Ascend chips.

Live power
221MW 1 Epoch AI estimate, as of 2026-05-06
Planned power
798MW 1 Epoch AI estimate
Status
Operational First power 2025
Accelerators
— No audited count published

Power: what each source says

Epoch AI estimates 221 MW IT as of 2026-05-06 and ~700 MW IT / 798 MW facility for the nine-building section by late 2027 (estimate). Epoch withholds its sources for this site.

Figures labelled Epoch AI are estimates from satellite imagery, permits and filings. Company figures come from the operator, owner or its filings. IT power is what the servers draw; in Epoch AI’s figures for these campuses it runs about 15–35% below total facility power.

Tenants

Reported ByteDance (speculative, per Epoch AI)

“Reported” means a press outlet or Epoch AI named the tenant and neither the operator nor the tenant has confirmed it. The outlet is named in brackets and listed under sources.

Campus facts

Operator
VNET 1
Owner / developer
VNET 1
City
Ulanqab 1
State / region
Inner Mongolia 1
Country
China 1
First power
2025 1
Chips
Huawei Ascend 910C (Epoch AI estimate) 1
GPUs / accelerators
Not published
Cooling
Not published
Power source
grid 1
Coordinates
41.03° N, 113.13° E (town level)
Verified

Sources

  1. Epoch AI, AI data centers dataset (CC-BY 4.0, updated 2026-11-06) (licence: CC BY 4.0) accessed 2026-11-09