Intel China Chairman Wang Zhicong: Green Computing Pods Will Enter Western China in the Future, Converting Green Power into Tokens Locally

Intel China Chairman Wang Zhicong: Computing Power Pods Will Enter Western China in the Future, Converting Green Electricity into Tokens On Site

2026-11-06 09:46 IT Home - Wang Miao

IT Home, November 6, on-site news: The 9th China International Import Expo (hereinafter referred to as the "CIIE") is being held at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) from November 5 to 10.

Wang Zhicong, Chairman of Intel China, told IT Home and other media that this year Intel has also brought some very interesting works, such as the green computing power pod (Intel's integrated green electricity, energy storage, and computing power solution). The computing power pod will enter western China in the future and, combined with new energy sources such as solar and wind power, convert computing power into tokens.

Speaking about the future plans for Intel's "storage and computing integration" solution, Wang Zhicong said that this is a brand-new solution proposed by Intel since last year in response to the national "15th Five-Year Plan." The "15th Five-Year Plan" mentions two key directions: one is the "token economy," and the other is "computing and electricity coordination." "We have observed that western China has a large surplus of new energy, and the actual utilization rate of some of this new energy is not high. So we thought, can we build a highly mobile standard container solution? Containers are relatively easy to deploy and do not require the construction of a traditional physical data center. They can be directly placed next to a photovoltaic power station to achieve 'direct green electricity supply.'"

He said that the loss from long-distance electricity transmission is very serious. For example, transmitting electricity from the distant west across thousands of kilometers to Shanghai results in extremely large grid transmission losses; moreover, green electricity has the characteristic of "depending on the weather," and power generation is not stable enough. The basic original intention of Intel's solution is to bring this container form to the west, directly convert green electricity into tokens on site without loss and with high efficiency, then schedule the tokens through the computing power network, and after software optimization, deliver them to enterprises or individuals for use.

In addition, the product form of the green computing power pod will evolve in multiple ways in the future: it can become a local computing power facility used by enterprises as a single pod or half pod, and it can also support a city in building a token factory, because the computing power pod supports multi-pod interconnection and modular expansion. A hundred computing power pods can be connected to directly build a large computing power center that outputs tokens to the outside.

At the same time, its construction period is extremely short. Intel currently estimates that from the start of design and manufacturing to being put into use, it takes only about 8 to 12 weeks; while a traditional computing power center requires two years just for civil construction before equipment installation and power-on can begin. AI technology changes extremely fast, and the containerized modular form can help customers quickly catch up with the technological wave.

In addition, because the computing power density inside the container is extremely high and space is limited, if the traditional 48V power supply architecture were used, very thick copper cables would need to be laid, consuming excessive physical space. Therefore, Intel is also actively advocating a move toward 800V high-voltage direct current power supply, thereby further compressing the volume occupied by the power distribution unit and leaving more space for computing equipment.