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Chindata, HEC Begin Construction on 7.5MW data center in Hubei, China

Data center operator Chindata and Chinese technology conglomerate HEC Group have broken ground on a 7.5MW data center in Hubei Province, China.Chindata announced on Friday, April 3, that construction on the site has begun. The 6.3-hectare campus will include both the data center and an “AI sho...

April 06, 2026

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ChinData offers hyperscale data centers integrated full-stack technology

Hyperscale data center builders can use Chindata's full-stack modular products, including integrated power systems and prefabricated buildings. The four products were introduced on August 18 in Yinchuan City, China, at the Data Center New Technology Development Forum of the 2023 China Computin...

August 24, 2023

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Bain to privatize ChinData in a $3.16 billion transaction

ChinData, a Chinese data center operator, will be taken private by existing investor Bain Capital. ChinData Group Holdings Limited revealed over the weekend that it had gone into a $3.16 billion merger deal with two Bain subsidiaries that will be taken private: BCPE Chivalry Bidco Limited and ...

August 15, 2023

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Bain denies China Merchants acquisition of ChinData

Bain Capital has informed ChinData that it will not sell the company to China Merchants because it is pursuing its own deal to take the data center operator private. Last week the company verified in an investor disclosure that it had received a preliminary non-binding acquisition proposal let...

July 14, 2023

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China Merchants outbids Bain for ChinData with $3.4 billion

China Merchants Group has offered to acquire ChinData, a Chinese data center company. Existing investor Bain has already submitted a take-private proposal for the company. According to Bloomberg, a subsidiary of the state-owned conglomerate has submitted a $3.4 billion proposal to acquire Chin...

July 12, 2023

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Bain seeks to privatize ChinData

A bid to take Chinese data center operator ChinData private has been made by the investment firm Bain Capital. This week, ChinData announced that the investment firm, which is already investing in the data center firm, filed a preliminary, non-binding request letter to acquire all remaining or...

June 08, 2023

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Chindata Group's Shanxi Lingqiu 220kV power transmission and transformation project sets record in the data center industry

Chindata Group has announced that its Chindata Shanxi Lingqiu 220kV power transmission and transformation project became fully operational on February 13, 2023. The company outlined that the substation has a 360MW power supply capacity for Chindata's Taihang Mountain Energy and Information Te...

February 24, 2023

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Chindata and Vertiv make big claims about waterless 'X-Cooling' technology

Chindata and Vertiv have announced what they're calling x-cooling, the "world's first waterless cooling technology," which they say enables data centers to operate without consuming any water, working at a WUE (water usage effectiveness) of zero. The announcement of the technology was reported...

August 09, 2022

Chindata Group

GDS and Other Firms Looking To Acquire ChinData

According to Bloomberg, ChinData Group Holdings has received initial acquisition interest from some firms in the data center industry. The report shows that GDS Holdings, backed by Bain Capital, is mulling bidding for the Chinese data center firm. EdgeConnex, backed by EQT, a private equity...

April 22, 2022

Chindata Group

Chindata Group holds strategic dialogue with the Climate Group

Chindata recently held a ‘strategic dialogue’ with the Climate Group, where the two explored digital infrastructure in supporting global growth and the role internet technology companies must play in reducing carbon emissions. In addition to this, the meeting saw Alex Ju, founder and CEO of Ch...

September 29, 2021

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