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Huawei's AI Data Center Solution: Transforming Intelligent Computing

On May 13, 2025, the Global Data Center Facility Summit 2025 took place in Dubai, themed "Powering the Digital Era Forward.” This significant event attracted over 500 leaders from the smart computing industry, technological experts, and partners, all gathering to discuss emerging growth opportunities and the future development pathways for the data center sector in the age of AI. It was during this summit that Huawei introduced its innovative AI Data Center Solution, signaling the onset of a new era in intelligent computing.

Charles Yang, Senior Vice President of Huawei and President of Global Marketing, Sales, and Services, delivered the opening address, declaring that the golden age of IT infrastructure has arrived as AI models begin to benefit various industrial sectors. He projected that the global capacity for AI data centers will surpass 100 GW by 2028, and this expansion could generate over 600 billion dollars in commercial opportunities within the energy infrastructure sector.

According to Yang, there are three major challenges currently facing AI data center development: the need for greater reliability, faster deployment, and increasing energy demand. To address these challenges, Huawei anticipates three key trends in the evolution of AI data centers:

1. Enhancing Reliability through Innovative Architecture: Reliability is paramount in AI data centers. An isolated architecture for power systems can significantly improve overall system reliability.
2. Accelerating Construction through Modular Design: Huawei's Outdoor PowerPOD adopts a fully decoupled architecture to create a containerized power system, considerably reducing time to market.
3. Improving Energy Efficiency with Green Energy and Optimization: Utilizing green energy through direct supply and campus-based photovoltaic development, coupled with AI-driven optimization, can enhance energy efficiency effectively.

During the summit, Bob He, Huawei Digital Power's Vice President and President of the Critical Power Product Line, discussed 'Laying a Solid Foundation for the Era of Intelligent Computing.' He emphasized that while the construction of intelligent computing centers is on the rise, significant challenges remain, including rapid delivery, flexible deployment, and low total cost of ownership (TCO). In response, Huawei introduced RASTM, the foundational principles for building AI data centers:

• - Reliable: Ensuring reliability throughout the lifecycle of AI data centers through products, architecture, intelligent management, and professional services. Huawei's SmartLi provides a multi-layered E2E security defense and opts for an isolated architecture to minimize the impact of incidents on services.
• - Agile: AI data centers need to be adaptable not just at the system level but also in component configuration, enabling a flexible response to uncertainties in AI services. Huawei’s Outdoor PowerPOD features a decoupled architecture with deeply integrated subsystems, facilitating outdoor deployment and supporting both on-demand deployment and gradual capacity expansion.
• - Sustainable: Enhancing energy efficiency in AI data centers is crucial. It is vital to prioritize parallel system efficiency over module efficiency and to implement large-scale S-ECO mode. Huawei’s modular UPS5000-H inverter boasts a 97.5% efficiency rating for standalone units and 97.3% in parallel with up to 99.1% in S-ECO mode for optimal energy efficiency.

With reliable products, services that cover the entire lifecycle, and expertise in consulting and design, Huawei collaborates with partners to craft AI data center solutions aimed at developing intelligent computing centers characterized by rapid delivery, omnipresent reliability, optimal TCO, and high flexibility—thereby advancing the digital era.

Additionally, during the summit, Huawei, alongside the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and with support from various partners including Alibaba Cloud, China Mobile Group Design Institute, China Telecom, and China Unicom, jointly released the 'White Paper on the Safety of Lithium-ion Battery Applications in Data Centres.' The white paper systematically outlines seven key dimensions for enhancing lithium-ion battery application safety in data centers, promoting a high-reliability and high-quality development within the sector.

Emphasizing innovation, Huawei Digital Power is set to deeply integrate within the data center sector to push technological boundaries and offer cutting-edge products and solutions, aiming to lay solid foundations for an intelligent world and propel the digital era forward.