NEA director Wang Hongzhi said China’s AI surge is creating sharp electricity
demand growth — generating 5 seconds of HD video uses roughly the same power as
charging 10 phones. The NEA will implement an electricity-driven compute
approach to align energy-resource allocation with data-center construction,
advancing compute-power coordination across planning, policy and operations. In
planning, western regions will link national compute hubs with large new-energy
bases and co-develop compute facilities and power systems; eastern regions will
push distributed compute paired with distributed generation, microgrids and
virtual power plants for local response. Policy measures will encourage direct
green-power connections for qualifying compute facilities and allow
participation in green-power certificate trading; operational measures will
optimize compute-load scheduling by task-specific demand profiles and
flexibility potential.
