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# Baidu Cloud Computing (Yangquan) Center

Facility record `fac-baidu-yangquan` — data source: baidu-corporate-2026-05-16 (https://baike.baidu.com/en/item/Baidu%20Cloud%20Computing%20(Yangquan)%20Center/76139); authority tier 2

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | hyperscale dc |
| Status | operational |
| Location | Yangquan, Shanxi, CN |
| Power capacity | not published MW |
| IT load | not published |
| GPU count | not published |
| Peak PFLOPS (FP16) | not published |
| Owner | Baidu |
| Operator | Baidu |
| Announced | not published |
| Operational | not published |

Baidu's flagship self-built data center, the first large-scale Baidu Cloud Computing facility, located in the Eastern District of Yangquan Economic Development Zone, Shanxi Province. Phase 1 includes eight high-standard module buildings, ~6,000 cabinets, ~700,000 CPUs (3M+ cores), 160,000+ servers, 4,000 PB storage. Annual-average PUE ~1.09 (43% energy savings vs baseline) per Baidu corporate disclosures. Disclosed at the March 2023 ERNIE Bot launch event as "currently the largest single intelligent computing center in Asia" for AI workloads, with 40-quintillion-FLOP/s compute claim. Total project investment ¥47.08 billion per state-affiliated reporting.

## Cite

> Scrutica, "Baidu Cloud Computing (Yangquan) Center" (facility record), https://scrutica.com/facilities/fac-baidu-yangquan; data source: baidu-corporate-2026-05-16; accessed 2026-08-21.

Full interactive record: https://scrutica.com/facilities/fac-baidu-yangquan · Methodology for derived values: https://scrutica.com/methodology#flop-estimation · All programmatic surfaces: https://scrutica.com/agents