The National Energy Administration stated that overall, there is a rapid development of collaborative computing and power generation, with the rapid start of green power direct connection and the continuous improvement of policy systems. Various regions actively carry out practical exploration and promote the construction of collaborative computing and power projects. As of the end of September 2026, 24 provinces in China have issued supporting documents for green power direct connection, and 12 computing power facility green power direct connection projects have been approved in various regions, accounting for more than 10% of the approved green power direct connection projects. It can be seen that the large-scale implementation of computing power coordination and green power direct connection is of great significance for promoting the transformation of energy to dual side coordination and interaction between supply and demand. It not only conforms to the inevitable adjustment of the energy consumption structure of the computing power industry, but also opens up new space for on-site consumption of new energy, and connects the channel between green energy supply and emerging computing power industry demand.

With the rapid development of artificial intelligence, the demand for computing power and electricity will continue to rise in the future, and the collaboration between computing and electricity will continue to deepen. It is expected that during the 15th Five Year Plan period, the annual increase in computing power consumption in China will exceed 100 billion kilowatt hours, and by 2030 it will reach 800 billion kilowatt hours, accounting for about 6% of the total electricity consumption in society.

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