Qin Haiyan: In the next 5 years, data centers will need 175GW of wind power capacity for electricity generation.

At the Chinese Wind Energy New Year Tea Party held in Beijing today, Qin Haiyan, Secretary General of the Wind Energy Professional Committee of the China Renewable Energy Society, said that the integration of computing power and green electricity is the trend, and data centers will have a huge demand for electricity in the future. By 2025, the number of data centers in China will exceed 9 million, and by 2030, the number will exceed 33 million. In the next 5 years, the additional annual electricity consumption will exceed 380 billion kilowatt-hours, requiring 175GW of wind power installed capacity for electricity generation.