Huawei Launches AI-Powered Data Center Solutions, Ushering in a New Era of Intelligent Computing
On May 13, 2025, the Global Data Center Facility Summit took place in Dubai, themed "Power the Digital Era Forward." This event gathered over 500 industry leaders in intelligent computing, technical experts, and partners who engaged in discussions about new growth opportunities and development paths for the data center sector in the age of artificial intelligence (AI). At this summit, Huawei unveiled its AI-based data center solutions, designed to accelerate the industry's transition into a new era of intelligent computing.
In his opening remarks, Charles Yang, Senior Vice President of Huawei and Head of Global Marketing, Sales, and Services at Huawei Digital Power, emphasized that we are entering a golden age of computing infrastructure, spurred by the benefits of AI across various industries. Estimates suggest that the global capacity of AI data centers will exceed 100 GW by 2028, opening a market space worth over $600 billion just in the energy infrastructure sector.
According to Charles, there are currently three primary challenges confronting AI data centers: enhanced reliability, faster deployment, and greater energy consumption. Huawei believes the future of AI data centers will be defined by three significant development trends:
1. Improving Reliability Through Architectural Innovations: Reliability remains a top priority for data centers. Notable enhancements can be achieved through isolated power system architectures.
2. Accelerating AI Data Center Construction with Modular Design: The Huawei Outdoor PowerPOD operates with a fully separated architecture, allowing for one power system per container, thereby significantly reducing time to market.
3. Boosting Energy Efficiency Through Eco-friendly Practices: Data centers can directly utilize renewable energy sources and further develop on-site photovoltaic systems. AI optimizations will simultaneously enhance energy efficiency.
Bob He, Vice President of Huawei Digital Power and head of the Critical Power Data Center Facility product range, shared insights during the summit in a presentation titled "Building a Robust Foundation for the Era of Intelligent Computing." He indicated that while intelligent computing centers are experiencing a surge in construction, they face numerous challenges, including delivery speed, deployment flexibility, and low total cost of ownership (TCO). In response to these challenges, Huawei introduced core principles for building AI data centers known as RASTM.
Huawei is committed to delivering reliable products, comprehensive life-cycle services, and expert consulting and design capabilities. The company collaborates with partners to create AI data center solutions that deliver rapid deployments, widespread reliability, optimal TCO, and significant flexibility, thereby propelling the digital era forward.
Additionally, during the summit, Huawei and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), with the support of Alibaba Cloud, China Mobile Group Design Institute, China Telecom, and China Unicom, jointly released a White Paper on the Safety of Lithium-ion Battery Applications in Data Centers. This document systematically describes seven key aspects for safer utilization of lithium-ion batteries in data centers, aimed at vigorously supporting the reliable and high-quality development of the data center industry.
Huawei Digital Power will continue to innovate diligently, delve deeper into the data center sector, surpass technological boundaries, and provide cutting-edge products and solutions that facilitate high-quality industry growth, establishing a firm foundation for an intelligent world and supporting the evolution of the digital era.
In his opening remarks, Charles Yang, Senior Vice President of Huawei and Head of Global Marketing, Sales, and Services at Huawei Digital Power, emphasized that we are entering a golden age of computing infrastructure, spurred by the benefits of AI across various industries. Estimates suggest that the global capacity of AI data centers will exceed 100 GW by 2028, opening a market space worth over $600 billion just in the energy infrastructure sector.
According to Charles, there are currently three primary challenges confronting AI data centers: enhanced reliability, faster deployment, and greater energy consumption. Huawei believes the future of AI data centers will be defined by three significant development trends:
1. Improving Reliability Through Architectural Innovations: Reliability remains a top priority for data centers. Notable enhancements can be achieved through isolated power system architectures.
2. Accelerating AI Data Center Construction with Modular Design: The Huawei Outdoor PowerPOD operates with a fully separated architecture, allowing for one power system per container, thereby significantly reducing time to market.
3. Boosting Energy Efficiency Through Eco-friendly Practices: Data centers can directly utilize renewable energy sources and further develop on-site photovoltaic systems. AI optimizations will simultaneously enhance energy efficiency.
Bob He, Vice President of Huawei Digital Power and head of the Critical Power Data Center Facility product range, shared insights during the summit in a presentation titled "Building a Robust Foundation for the Era of Intelligent Computing." He indicated that while intelligent computing centers are experiencing a surge in construction, they face numerous challenges, including delivery speed, deployment flexibility, and low total cost of ownership (TCO). In response to these challenges, Huawei introduced core principles for building AI data centers known as RASTM.
- - Reliable: Reliability is paramount. The lifecycle reliability of AI data centers must be ensured across products, architectures, intelligent management, and professional services. Huawei's SmartLi system minimizes the impact of accidents on services through multi-level security defensive lines and isolated architectures.
- - Agile: AI data centers must be agile, from component levels to system levels, to flexibly address uncertainties in AI-based services. The Huawei Outdoor PowerPOD features a fully separated architecture with deeply integrated subsystems, allowing for the deployment of a single power system per container for outdoor installations, supporting on-demand deployments and phased capacity expansion.
- - Sustainable: Power efficiency is a critical factor for AI data centers. Enhancing energy efficiency necessitates prioritizing parallel system efficiency over module efficiency and implementing an S-ECO mode at broad scales. Huawei’s modular UPS5000-H system achieves 97.5% efficiency for a single unit and 97.3% for a parallel system, reaching 99.1% in S-ECO mode for optimal energy efficiency.
Huawei is committed to delivering reliable products, comprehensive life-cycle services, and expert consulting and design capabilities. The company collaborates with partners to create AI data center solutions that deliver rapid deployments, widespread reliability, optimal TCO, and significant flexibility, thereby propelling the digital era forward.
Additionally, during the summit, Huawei and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), with the support of Alibaba Cloud, China Mobile Group Design Institute, China Telecom, and China Unicom, jointly released a White Paper on the Safety of Lithium-ion Battery Applications in Data Centers. This document systematically describes seven key aspects for safer utilization of lithium-ion batteries in data centers, aimed at vigorously supporting the reliable and high-quality development of the data center industry.
Huawei Digital Power will continue to innovate diligently, delve deeper into the data center sector, surpass technological boundaries, and provide cutting-edge products and solutions that facilitate high-quality industry growth, establishing a firm foundation for an intelligent world and supporting the evolution of the digital era.
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