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# VNET Bayin Ulanqab

Facility record `fac-epoch-vnet-bayin-ulanqab` — data source: Epoch AI — frontier data centres (https://epoch.ai/data/data-centers); authority tier 2; contains estimated values (is_estimated: true)

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | AI Training |
| Status | Operational |
| Location | Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia, CN (40.980089, 113.315394) |
| Power capacity | 252 MW |
| Power is operating capacity | yes |
| IT load | 221 MW |
| GPU count | not published |
| Peak PFLOPS (FP16) | not published |
| Site owner | The site owner is unrecorded. |
| Site operator | No organisation is recorded as operating this site. |
| AI hardware owner | VNET Group ADR |
| Announced | not published |
| Operational | not published |

## Role evidence

Each role is stated only as the relationship its own source establishes.

- **AI hardware owner: VNET Group ADR.** Epoch AI's field for who owns the AI hardware, which it defines as not necessarily the owner or operator of the facility. [Source](<https://epoch.ai/data/data-centers-documentation/records>)

## Organisations recorded at the site

### ByteDance — Uses the compute \(source marks speculative\)

Named in Epoch AI's field for labs using the compute; it records use, not a lease.

The relationship is inferred.

Recorded start date: not stated. Recorded end date: not stated.
[Epoch AI Frontier Data Centers](<https://epoch.ai/data/data-centers>)

## Cite

> Scrutica, "VNET Bayin Ulanqab" (facility record), https://scrutica.com/facilities/fac-epoch-vnet-bayin-ulanqab; data source: Epoch AI — frontier data centres; accessed 2026-10-13.

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