Data Center Baidu

Yangquan, China · 2023

Office wings and entrance plaza at dusk
Image: AND Studio

A data center is usually a closed box.

Status
Built
Completed
2023
Client
Yangquan Economic Development Zone, Shanxi Province
Scale
120,000 m²
Program
Data center and offices; 150 kW
Architect
AND Studio

About

In Yangquan the data halls and offices form a ring of wings around a planted garden, with a central pavilion at its heart.

Glazed bridges link the wings, and paths and trees run between them. The 120,000 m² campus, completed in 2023, gives the people who run the machines somewhere to walk.

Image: AND Studio

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Aerial view of the wings around the central gardenImage: AND Studio