In the process of creating a digital granary to serve global computing power, site selection is of paramount importance. The Group consistently adheres to the principle of integrating the "energy flow," "business flow," and "data flow." Priority is given to locating data centers in areas rich in renewable energy and with a high proportion of “wind power curtailment”, making data centers more eco-friendly. Data centers are also deployed in regions with high demand for data processing, reducing energy loss during data transmission. Environmental impact assessments and approvals are conducted before construction, avoiding any negative impact on nature reserves, scenic areas, and other environmentally sensitive sites.

The Group possesses extensive technical expertise and experience in green design for data centers. It innovates holistic solutions for data centers, optimizes green construction processes, and empowers green construction with high infrastructure construction standards, low energy consumption, high efficiency, and green and low-carbon technological capabilities. This drives the transformation of data center construction from quantitative to qualitative improvement in ecological environmental quality.

The Group incorporates eco-friendly concepts into data center construction and building. We prioritize the procurement of environmentally friendly materials, innovate and optimize green construction techniques, accelerate prefabricated modular construction, improve constraint mechanisms, and establish a green and rule-abiding construction management system. This promotes resource conservation and environmental protection in the construction of data centers.

The Group has strategically implemented intelligent monitoring and smart operation systems, leveraging digital and intelligent technology innovations to empower iterative improvements in environmental management capability. This has provided a standardized, streamlined, digitized, and intelligent paradigm for data center environmental management. The Group has developed the "X-monitor" intelligent monitoring system and utilizes the Kunpeng IDC Operation Platform to ensure the secure and reliable operation of data centers.

To address the challenges posed by the uneven distribution of resources such as water and electricity and their impact on the stable operation of data centers, the Group has independently developed various leading technologies, including the "X-Power" power module, the "X-Cooling" cooling technologies, and waste heat recovery, which are now being widely used on a large scale. These technologies improve the energy utilization efficiency of computing power from the source. Additionally, the Group has proposed an integrated solution for large-scale data centers called "Generation-Grid-Load-Storage," which combines self-built large-scale renewable energy wind and solar projects with on-site substations. This allows for the rational utilization of renewable energy generation and grid resources, achieving nearby consumption of clean energy. Furthermore, the Group actively tracks the national green certificate trading and carbon trading markets, as well as the trends in national green certificate prices. It selects more favorable offsetting methods for procurement and actively participates in green energy trading to continuously increase the proportion of green energy.

The Group has developed the "X-Cooling" waterless cooling technology, which offers a waterless alternative solution to indirect evaporative cooling air handling units (AHUs). It has also introduced an industry-leading wastewater recycling solution to reduce waste. At the headquarters in Huailai, Zhangjiakou, the Group has installed wastewater recycling and rainwater collection devices, effectively conserving and utilizing precious freshwater resources.