Four departments: promote the orderly and rational collection of computing power facilities and Internet backbone direct connection points in new energy-rich areas.

Recently, the National Energy Administration, together with the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the National Bureau of Statistics, issued the "Action Plan for Promoting the Empowerment of Artificial Intelligence and Energy in Both Directions". Among them, it is proposed to coordinate and optimize the layout of energy resources and computing power. Coordinate the planning and layout of large-scale new energy bases and national computing power hubs, promote the orderly and reasonable gathering of computing facilities and Internet backbone direct connection points in areas rich in new energy, and promote the nearby and on-site consumption of new energy. Combining regional energy, water resources, and other carrying capacities, explore the coordinated construction of million-kilowatt-level artificial intelligence computing facilities and supporting energy systems, select regions with conditions to carry out pilot projects, and promote the integrated development of electricity and computing.