Cainiao Jiaxing Smart Cloud Hub
Global smart logistics cloud computing nerve center for Alibaba e-commerce
The story
Located in Jiaxing between Shanghai and Hangzhou, Cainiao's Smart Cloud Hub is the algorithmic nerve center of global e-commerce logistics. Computing billions of delivery permutations daily for Alibaba's retail networks, the campus pairs server halls with rooftop solar arrays that generate clean local power. The facility ensures high-availability computational throughput during peak Double 11 shopping festivals without regional grid strain.
Notable
- Calculates routing and delivery scheduling for over 100 million parcels every day.
- Features one of China's largest industrial rooftop solar installations feeding server halls.
- Integrated into the Yangtze River Delta regional cloud computing infrastructure.
- Coordinates hundreds of autonomous AGV robotics fleets across automated smart warehouses.
Expansions
- 2019: completed to orchestrate global logistics algorithms and robotic fulfillment warehouses
- 2022: upgraded with rooftop solar microgrid and AI routing computing clusters
Sources
- How Cainiao is Digitizing Global Logistics Infrastructure · Alizila (Alibaba Group) · 2020-11-08
- 嘉兴推进长三角一体化大数据中心建设 · Jiaxing Municipal Government · 2021-06-15
Part of the open famous data centers dataset (CC BY 4.0). Updated 2026-10-15. A correction? da@mustardseedmt.com
What is Cainiao Jiaxing Smart Cloud Hub famous for?
Global smart logistics cloud computing nerve center for Alibaba e-commerce
Where is Cainiao Jiaxing Smart Cloud Hub?
Cainiao Jiaxing Smart Cloud Hub is in Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China (30.742, 120.755). It is operated by Cainiao Network.
How much power does Cainiao Jiaxing Smart Cloud Hub use?
About 35 MW of IT load and 45 MW in total, according to the sources listed on this page.
What is the PUE of Cainiao Jiaxing Smart Cloud Hub?
1.25, reported.