Huawei unveiled its groundbreaking Grid-Interactive Artificial Intelligence Data Center (AIDC) Strategy at the 2026 Global AIDC Industry Summit and Huawei AIDC Strategy and Product Launch held in Dongguan, China, under the theme “Power the AI Era Forward.”
The event brought together nearly 1,000 global industry leaders, technical experts, and ecosystem partners from the energy, intelligent computing, and telecommunications sectors to explore the future of AI infrastructure, next-generation data center architecture, and emerging technological innovations. Attendees also witnessed the launch of Huawei’s latest strategy designed to address the rapidly evolving demands of the AI era.
Delivering the keynote address, Hou Jinlong, Director of the Board of Huawei and President of Huawei Digital Power, highlighted the unprecedented growth of artificial intelligence, driven by the widespread adoption of large AI models and intelligent agents. He emphasized that energy will serve as the foundation for the sustainable development of AI, with computing power and electricity increasingly becoming interconnected.
According to Hou, future AI data centers will require closer integration between advanced power systems and AI infrastructure. He noted that grid-friendly operations, high-voltage and direct-current (DC) architectures, as well as power-electronics technologies, will be critical in supporting ultra-high-density computing environments. He also stressed that liquid cooling has become an essential requirement for modern AI data centers, while intelligent lifecycle operations and maintenance (O&M) will play a crucial role in ensuring reliability and efficiency.
Huawei Digital Power’s Grid-Interactive AIDC Strategy leverages the company’s expertise across four key technology domains—bit, watt, heat, and battery—to create a more efficient and sustainable AI infrastructure ecosystem. The strategy focuses on areas including renewable energy generation, grid-forming technologies, high-density computing power supply, liquid cooling systems, and computing-electricity synergy to support the growing energy needs of AI applications.
Huawei stated that the initiative is designed to help the industry achieve greener energy consumption, greater computing efficiency, and lower operational costs, while supporting the large-scale deployment of AI technologies worldwide.
Further elaborating on the strategy, Bob He, Vice President of Huawei Digital Power, delivered a keynote presentation titled “Building Grid-Interactive AIDC, Maximizing Tokens Per Watt.” He pointed out that the rapid expansion of the global AI industry has led to an unprecedented increase in demand for computing resources, placing significant pressure on AI data center infrastructure.
He noted that high-density and diverse computing workloads are creating new challenges related to power density, scalability, and load fluctuations. At the same time, the increasing adoption of renewable energy sources is contributing to greater grid variability, while fluctuating AI workloads are placing additional demands on data center reliability and stability.
Through its Grid-Interactive AIDC Strategy, Huawei aims to address these challenges by enabling closer coordination between power systems and computing infrastructure, helping organizations build resilient, energy-efficient, and future-ready AI data centers capable of supporting the next wave of digital transformation.