CHINDATA GROUP
To mitigate this, Chindata Group has pioneered advanced hybrid cooling technologies at its Lingqiu campus in Datong City, integrating cold-plate liquid cooling with magnetic levitation phase-change air systems to achieve a world class power usage effectiveness( PUE) of 1.13 – a fundamental leap in compute efficiency and sustainability. The Lingqiu campus was originally developed and built by Chindata Group in 2018. A major hyperscale data centre industrial base, it is a key part of the company’ s strategy to provide high-performance and sustainable data centres.
Chindata still owns the campus as an asset following its 2025 acquisition from Bain Capital by a consortium led by Chinese high-tech organisation HEC Group.“ This acquisition underscores the market’ s recognition of Chindata’ s unique value, while unlocking a new phase of integrated growth, technological innovation and national-scale synergy,” says Mr Wu.
He cites several benefits for both parties as a result of the move. For example, HEC Group’ s clean power assets and industrial base in key regions of China provide Chindata with direct access to large-scale and low-cost renewable energy. Consolidating both companies’ capabilities across renewable energy, advanced hardware and data infrastructure will create a unified ecosystem that accelerates national policy, while the partnership also enables deep vertical integration along the technology and industrial chains.
Cooling and sustainability By coming together, Chindata Group and HEC Group are also pioneering new technologies and more innovative ways to balance power and compute with sustainable design. Specifically, HEC brings deep expertise in liquid-cooling materials and precision manufacturing, while Chindata Group contributes years of operational insights from hyperscale data centres.“ Together we are building a fully integrated liquid cooling ecosystem – from materials and components to full systems – that eradicates the limitations of traditional approaches. Our goal is to deliver reliable, highefficiency cooling for high density server racks up to 300kW per rack, while pushing PUE and water usage effectiveness( WUE) performance close to theoretical limits,” Mr Wu explains.
CHINDATA GROUP IN NUMBERS:
Able to deliver a data centre with 36 MW of capacity in China within six months
30 + worldwide hyperscale data centres
62 December 2025