Envision Targets 5GW Desert Data Centers to Fuel AI Expansion

The initiative promotes an AI-native infrastructure model that integrates renewable generation, battery storage, and grid management directly into the computing site. By targeting desert environments, Envision aims to utilize vast, underused spaces to house gigawatt-scale data centers that operate on dedicated clean energy. Company founder Lei Zhang argues that this system-level approach is necessary to match the speed and scale of modern artificial intelligence development.

Envision is already testing this framework in China. The company operates a facility in Chifeng running entirely on direct green power and is currently constructing the Envision Galaxy Campus in Ulanqab, a site designed to function as a gigawatt-scale data center connected directly to renewable sources. According to the company, if even 1% of global desert territory were utilized for this model, it would provide enough cost-competitive energy to support terawatt-level global computing capacity. The project will now seek to partner with utilities, governments, and infrastructure investors to replicate this blueprint across international markets.