PARIS, June 23 (Xinhua Silk Road) -- China's green technology group Envision has recently launched an ambitious initiative to support the fast-growing need of AI data center (AIDC) development at the VivaTech technology startups and innovation fair held in Paris, France.
Officially named Mission Gobi, the initiative aims to develop five gigawatts (GW) of green AIDC capacity in desert and arid regions worldwide by 2030.
Zhang Lei, founder and chairman of Envision Group, pointed out that as global demand for computing power is exploding, traditional electric power grids can no longer sustain this transformation, describing the initiative as "a Chinese response to the energy bottleneck facing AI".
Zhang noted that the traditional power grid was not designed to cope with the scale and speed of the AI era. Mission Gobi, he explained, offers a new system-level approach that combines renewable energy, storage, grid infrastructure, and computing to deliver scalable, cost-competitive clean electricity.
"Building on our successful partnerships in Europe, we believe it can support Europe's AI growth, energy security and clean energy transition," he added.
He further stressed that the initiative is conceived as a replicable blueprint. According to Zhang, developing just one percent of the world's desert and Gobi regions could yield terawatt-scale computing capacity at very competitive costs, thereby accelerating the global deployment of AI infrastructure.
Envision Group has already been deploying AI Power Systems at scale, providing early validation for the technologies that underpin Mission Gobi. For example, in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, the company now operates one of the world's first AI data centres running entirely on direct green power. Also in Ulanqab, the Envision Galaxy Campus is being built as a gigawatt-scale AIDC powered by directly connected renewable energy-a pioneering project that stands among the very few of its kind globally.
It is also mentioned that eventually through Mission Gobi, the company intends to work closely with governments, utilities, technology companies, infrastructure investors, and local partners worldwide to accelerate the deployment of clean, intelligent, flexible, and affordable power systems.
During the four‑day VivaTech fair on June 17-20, the 400-square-meter Envision booth showcased its zero‑carbon industrial parks, intelligent energy management computing centers, energy storage systems, and AI‑driven wind turbines, standing out as a powerful example of Chinese innovation. (Contributed by Li Wenxin, edited by Li Xueqing, lixueqing@xinhua.org)
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