China's Intelligent Computing Capacity Reaches 2.45 Million PFLOPS

China's national intelligent computing capacity reached 2.45 million PFLOPS (FP16) by the end of July 2026, according to the National Data Administration. Speaking at the 2026 China International Big Data Industry Expo in Guiyang, administration director Liu Liehong disclosed that over 85 percent of this capacity is situated within eight national computing hubs and three computing-power-electricity coordination zones. In addition, 1.45 million PFLOPS of capacity has been brought onto a national monitoring and scheduling platform to improve resource efficiency.

The concentration of more than 85 percent of China's artificial intelligence computing power within state-designated hubs and power-coordinated zones reflects a structural shift from fragmented data center construction to centralized, energy-integrated digital infrastructure. Bringing 1.45 million PFLOPS onto a national monitoring network represents an effort to mitigate computational mismatches and lower innovation costs across industries by balancing regional supply and demand.

China's total intelligent computing capacity reached 2.45 million PFLOPS measured in half-precision floating-point format (FP16) by the end of July 2026, according to official statements delivered at the 2026 China International Big Data Industry Expo in Guiyang, Guizhou province. Speaking at thematic sessions during the expo, Liu Liehong, Director of the National Data Administration and a member of the National Development and Reform Commission's Party Leadership Group, detailed the distribution and centralized management of the country's artificial intelligence infrastructure. More than 85 percent of China's constructed intelligent computing capacity is now concentrated across eight designated national computing hubs and three computing-power-electricity coordination development zones, according to reports from People's Daily. To address efficiency and allocation issues across regional centers, 1.45 million PFLOPS of computing capacity has been incorporated into a national-level monitoring and scheduling platform. Officials noted that the administration plans to continue optimizing regional computing layouts, deepening coordination between computing centers and local electrical grids, and cultivating downstream industry ecosystems. The 2026 Big Data Expo, held from August 28 to August 30 under the theme "Tokens — A New Path to Release the Value of Data Elements," drew more than 16,000 registered participants and 372 domestic and foreign exhibitors. Addressing the event's central theme, Liu highlighted tokens as foundational units for measuring, pricing, trading, and settling artificial intelligence services. He noted that tokens help bridge value transmission across data, models, and computational power, forming an emerging basis for digital business models. Alongside computing power developments, National Data Administration Deputy Director Xia Bing reported that national data infrastructure currently spans 15 key industries and more than 50 cities. Xia emphasized that computing power, underlying facilities, and standardization must work in tandem to facilitate data flows and support industry adoption.