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The commissioning announcement covers power in detail, naming dedicated renewable generation, transmission and large-scale storage, and says nothing at all about cooling method, water source or volume.","servingUtility":null,"acreage":null,"totalBuildingSqft":null,"streetAddress":null,"notes":"Green-tech firm Envision Energy commissioned what it calls the world's largest single AI data center building at its Galaxy Campus in Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia (announced 6 Aug 2026), powered by on-site wind/solar plus storage as part of its 'Mission Gobi' program. Envision claims the campus can scale beyond 2GW and eventually house up to one million AI accelerators, but only an initial building is commissioned and the full capacity is still being built out. Chinese-sourced capacity figures are frequently inflated and unverified by independent utility/permit data, so the 2GW figure is treated as a company claim.","keyFacts":[{"label":"Commissioning Aug 6 2026 (primary)","value":"On Aug 6, 2026, Envision Energy announced commissioning of the Envision Galaxy Campus in Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia, described as a next-generation AI infrastructure campus powered directly by renewable energy and designed to scale to over 2 GW of capacity. The release frames Galaxy Campus as the first flagship project under Envision's Mission Gobi initiative ([PR Newswire / Envision, Aug 6 2026](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/envision-commissions-galaxy-campus-in-ulanqab-establishing-a-new-model-for-gigawatt-scale-ai-infrastructure-302844834.html))","sourceUrl":"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/envision-commissions-galaxy-campus-in-ulanqab-establishing-a-new-model-for-gigawatt-scale-ai-infrastructure-302844834.html"},{"label":"120,000 sqm AI supercomputing building (primary)","value":"Envision says the heart of the campus is a 120,000-square-meter AI supercomputing facility (company comparison: equivalent to 20 standard football pitches), designed once fully operational to deliver industry-leading token-generation capacity within a single structure, supported by directly connected renewable electricity and Envision's proprietary AI Power System ([PR Newswire / Envision, Aug 6 2026](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/envision-commissions-galaxy-campus-in-ulanqab-establishing-a-new-model-for-gigawatt-scale-ai-infrastructure-302844834.html))","sourceUrl":"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/envision-commissions-galaxy-campus-in-ulanqab-establishing-a-new-model-for-gigawatt-scale-ai-infrastructure-302844834.html"},{"label":"Full build-out: 1M accelerators / 1M PFLOPS (primary)","value":"At full build-out, Envision states the facility is designed to deliver one million PFLOPS of AI computing and support up to one million AI accelerators. Treat these as company design targets for the completed campus, not as currently energized accelerator counts ([PR Newswire / Envision, Aug 6 2026](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/envision-commissions-galaxy-campus-in-ulanqab-establishing-a-new-model-for-gigawatt-scale-ai-infrastructure-302844834.html))","sourceUrl":"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/envision-commissions-galaxy-campus-in-ulanqab-establishing-a-new-model-for-gigawatt-scale-ai-infrastructure-302844834.html"},{"label":"Mission Gobi 5 GW by 2030 (primary)","value":"Envision links Galaxy Campus to its global Mission Gobi initiative unveiled at VivaTech in Paris in June 2026, which aims to build 5 GW of green AI computing capacity in desert and arid regions worldwide by 2030 (company program target) ([PR Newswire / Envision, Aug 6 2026](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/envision-commissions-galaxy-campus-in-ulanqab-establishing-a-new-model-for-gigawatt-scale-ai-infrastructure-302844834.html))","sourceUrl":"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/envision-commissions-galaxy-campus-in-ulanqab-establishing-a-new-model-for-gigawatt-scale-ai-infrastructure-302844834.html"},{"label":"AI Power System / renewables + storage (primary)","value":"Envision's Aug 6, 2026 commissioning release quotes AIDC GM Ricky Zheng saying a purpose-built AI Power System integrating renewable generation, dedicated transmission, and large-scale energy storage is required to support a million accelerators with stable low-cost green power, and claims the facility can deliver up to ten times more compute output per square meter than conventional data centers (company claim). Live IT MW and currently energized accelerator counts are not disclosed ([PR Newswire / Envision, Aug 6 2026](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/envision-commissions-galaxy-campus-in-ulanqab-establishing-a-new-model-for-gigawatt-scale-ai-infrastructure-302844834.html))","sourceUrl":"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/envision-commissions-galaxy-campus-in-ulanqab-establishing-a-new-model-for-gigawatt-scale-ai-infrastructure-302844834.html"},{"label":"Direct renewable / wind-solar hub framing (primary)","value":"Envision frames Galaxy Campus as powered directly by renewable energy rather than conventional grid-only supply, citing Ulanqab's abundant wind and solar resources plus dedicated renewable assets, transmission infrastructure, and AI-optimized power management as the model for gigawatt-scale green AI infrastructure. Design scale is stated as over 2 GW of capacity; treat as company design target, not verified live IT load ([PR Newswire / Envision, Aug 6 2026](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/envision-commissions-galaxy-campus-in-ulanqab-establishing-a-new-model-for-gigawatt-scale-ai-infrastructure-302844834.html))","sourceUrl":"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/envision-commissions-galaxy-campus-in-ulanqab-establishing-a-new-model-for-gigawatt-scale-ai-infrastructure-302844834.html"},{"label":"Ulanqab network hub / hyperscaler framing (primary)","value":"Beyond power, Envision states Ulanqab's position as a major digital infrastructure hub provides the network performance required for AI clusters with hundreds of thousands of accelerators, and positions Galaxy Campus for hyperscalers, technology companies, and AI innovators to deploy next-generation workloads. Treat cluster-size language as company framing for design scale ([PR Newswire / Envision, Aug 6 2026](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/envision-commissions-galaxy-campus-in-ulanqab-establishing-a-new-model-for-gigawatt-scale-ai-infrastructure-302844834.html))","sourceUrl":"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/envision-commissions-galaxy-campus-in-ulanqab-establishing-a-new-model-for-gigawatt-scale-ai-infrastructure-302844834.html"}],"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://interestingengineering.com/energy/envision-galaxy-campus-million-ai-accelerators-renewable-power","title":"China commissions world's largest data center campus built for 2 GW, 1M accelerators","sourceName":"Interesting Engineering"},{"url":"https://www.techtimes.com/articles/323410/20260806/envision-commissions-worlds-largest-ai-data-center-building-using-site-renewables.htm","title":"Envision Commissions World's Largest AI Data Center Building Using On-Site Renewables","sourceName":"Tech Times"},{"url":"http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/envision-commissions-galaxy-campus-in-ulanqab-establishing-a-new-model-for-gigawatt-scale-ai-infrastructure-302844834.html","title":"Envision Commissions Galaxy Campus in Ulanqab, Establishing a New Model for Gigawatt-Scale AI Infrastructure","sourceName":"PR Newswire"},{"url":"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/envision-commissions-galaxy-campus-in-ulanqab-establishing-a-new-model-for-gigawatt-scale-ai-infrastructure-302844834.html","date":"2026-08-06","title":"Envision Commissions Galaxy Campus in Ulanqab, Establishing a New Model for Gigawatt-Scale AI Infrastructure","publisher":"PR Newswire / Envision Energy"}],"reviewNote":null,"createdAt":"2026-08-17T18:12:08.355Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-28T12:52:47.842Z","location":{"id":"577ee934-a104-463b-a36d-099a1a1f505e","name":"Ulanqab","slug":"ulanqab-inner-mongolia","kind":"city","parentLocationId":"1e62256a-73d0-407b-a80c-6e6afb939fb0","region":"Indiana","lat":41.0006,"lng":113.1155,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","aliases":[],"collisionRisk":"high","reviewNote":null,"createdAt":"2026-08-17T18:12:07.981Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-21T03:20:12.226Z"},"parties":[{"id":"99fa965b-6e55-4968-ac09-3aada6342e92","dataCenterId":"5fcab939-95bb-45dd-8828-a530e6feea38","companyId":null,"externalName":"Envision Energy","role":"developer","structureNotes":"Chinese green-tech / wind-turbine company; part of its 'Mission Gobi' 5GW green-computing initiative.","createdAt":"2026-08-17T18:12:09.580Z","company":null}],"capacityClaims":[{"id":"ef53db6f-b743-4238-a419-14a3bcb23c36","dataCenterId":"5fcab939-95bb-45dd-8828-a530e6feea38","series":"announced","valueGw":2,"asOf":"2026-08-06T00:00:00.000Z","sourceUrl":"https://interestingengineering.com/energy/envision-galaxy-campus-million-ai-accelerators-renewable-power","sourceType":"press_release","evidenceTier":"claimed","supersedesId":null,"note":"Company claim of scaling beyond 2GW / up to 1M AI accelerators; only an initial building commissioned. 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