Alibaba Cloud Heyuan Data Center Campus
DHeyuan and Qingyuan, Guangdong, China · CN · Alibaba Group Holding Limited
OperationalAI-Capable HyperscalePartially Verified
Environment
Water Stress
lowB
WRI Aqueduct 4.0 (2023), province baseline water stress: Low - Medium (10-20%), 2023
Aquifer Stress
Not DisclosedND
Grid Carbon Intensity
442 gCO₂/kWhA
China Ministry of Ecology and Environment, 2023 provincial average grid CO2 emission factor (Announcement 2025 No. 47), 2023
Grid RegionChina Southern Grid (Guangdong)
Drought Risk
Not DisclosedND
Facility
CategoryAI-Capable Hyperscale
StatusOperational
Year Opened2020
Planned Year2028
Capacity
Not DisclosedND
Not disclosed.
Location
24.1000, 115.0600 · CN
Campus AreaCoordinates are the centre of Heyuan (OpenStreetMap), not the exact campus location.
RegionHeyuan and Qingyuan, Guangdong, China
Research statusPartially Verified
Evidence (2 sources)
阿里云新建三座超级数据中心 将增超百万台服务器Med trust
Journalism2020-07-31Ifeng Tech (reproducing Alibaba Cloud announcement)
Alibaba Cloud operates a super data centre in Heyuan, Guangdong.
规划建设了5座超级数据中心，分别位于张北、河源、杭州、南通和乌兰察布 (five super data centers, located in Zhangbei, Heyuan, Hangzhou, Nantong and Ulanqab).
阿里云河源数据中心入选工信部2022年度国家绿色数据中心Med trust
Sustainability Report2023-04-13Alibaba Cloud (developer community)
Alibaba Cloud's own Heyuan data center is in operation as of 2023, and it was selected by the MIIT in its 2022 green data centre list.
阿里云河源数据中心入选工信部2022年度国家绿色数据中心 (Alibaba Cloud's Heyuan data center was selected as a 2022 national green data center by the MIIT).
Researcher Notes
Operating since about 2020. Further campuses are planned through 2028.