China’s Chindata has unveiled a new full-stack power and cooling solution for AI data centers.

The AI Data Center Total Solution Next system is “designed for a world where GPU clusters are becoming denser, loads are more dynamic, and the power-to-compute gap is widening.”

Writing on LinkedIn, Chindata said Next “integrates energy systems, architectural design, and product innovation into one unified model. It is built around six pillars that matter most for AI compute: performance, flexibility, efficiency, modularity, scalability, and intelligence.

“The framework is designed to support AI deployments at any scale, stage, or density.”

The X factor

The system includes X-Power architecture that supports 12 kW-150 kW per rack. With 800V HVDC, multi-layer energy storage, and high-voltage design, it is designed to “remove power bottlenecks for large AI clusters,” Chindata said.

Meanwhile, X-Cooling will offer a complete cooling portfolio across air, liquid, and hybrid solutions, supporting 200kW per rack with prefabricated modules and dynamic energy optimization.

Chindata will also supply a monitoring platform, X-Monitoring, to help spot faults and optimize energy use.

“AI and energy are reshaping the compute paradigm,” Chindata CTO Xue Guoqing said. “We are committed to advancing system-level innovation with our ecosystem partners to build the next generation of power-compute infrastructure.”

Chindata is also working with a group of vendors, including Meituan, HEC Group, and Delta Electronics, on what it says is the world's first solid-state transformer-based intelligent DC power system for AI data centers.

“The solution will be deployed at one of our Northern China campuses and delivers 98.5 percent efficiency while reducing footprint by 70 percent, setting a new standard for high-density power distribution,” the company said.

New hyperscale facility

It’s been a busy month for Chindata, which has also announced it is working with the Shaoguan Municipal Government and HEC Group to establish a data center campus in Shaoguan, Guangdong Province, South China.

The first phase of the project will be located in the Qujiang Development Zone, and feature 60,000 standard racks with an IT capacity of 150MW, creating what the company described as “a powerful catalyst for Shaoguan's digital economy.”

A launch date for the campus has not been specified, but it is hoped it will eventually reach gigawatt-scale.

Wu Huapeng, CEO of Chindata, said: "Our fundamental mission is to efficiently convert electrical power into computing power. By merging our expertise in building efficient hyperscale infrastructure with HEC's advantages in high-performance electronic components and advanced liquid cooling technology, we will deliver reliable, secure, and sustainable compute capacity to accelerate industry-wide digital transformation."

Founded in 2015, Chindata operates data centers across China. It was purchased by Bain Capital in 2019 from Wangsu Science & Technology Co. and merged with Bridge Data Centres, which was already part of the Bain portfolio. The combined company went public in 2020, with Bain retaining a 42 percent stake, and other companies, including SK Holdings, buying in.

In 2023, ChinData was then taken private in a $3.16 billion merger deal, with local operators GDS and EQT-backed EdgeConneX said to have been considering offers, while state-backed China Merchants had a $3.4bn bid for the company rebuffed.

Reports began surfacing that Bain was seeking external backers for ChinData in March 2024, and in August 2025, it was reported that Bain was looking for a buyer. In September, the firm was sold to a Chinese-led consortium for $4bn.