Huawei Debuts Grid-Interactive AIDC Architecture in Shanghai

Hou Jinlong, President of Huawei Digital Power, outlined a four-pillar strategy to resolve critical bottlenecks in AIDC development, including power acquisition, rack density, and heat dissipation. The company’s new approach centers on integrating power supply architecture with liquid cooling systems, while deploying multi-layer hybrid energy storage to absorb local grid fluctuations. By transforming data centers from rigid power consumers into active, grid-friendly participants, Huawei aims to shorten construction timelines through modular, prefabricated delivery methods.

Bob He, Vice President of Huawei Digital Power, emphasized that the rapid, sharp fluctuations characteristic of AI computing now require a deeper coordination between energy infrastructure and compute hardware. The 1.0 iteration of the grid-interactive solution utilizes MIMO power supply architecture and intelligent lithium battery systems to buffer AI workload spikes. Complementing this, SenseTime’s General Manager Lin Hai noted that his firm has already seen an 80% improvement in performance by adopting the 'tokens per watt' (TPW) metric, which connects power consumption directly to model service output rather than relying solely on traditional Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) standards.