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These are the public reference numbers we used to size the imagined giants (imagined — a fictional design built from public numbers). Figures about real campuses are as published by the sources cited under each entry; they are not our estimates and not a statement about any operator's plans.

Mega-Campus Public References & Baseline Parameters

Date: 2026-10-15
Document: reports/giants-references.md
Purpose: Grounding parameters, public numbers, and regional tariffs/carbon metrics for the “Imagined Giants” design series. Every number cited derives from official filings, operator announcements, utility submissions, or established industry trade publications, with $\ge 2$ sources per campus.


1. Announced Mega-Campuses & AI Factories

1.1 Stargate Abilene (Crusoe / Lancium / Oracle / OpenAI)


1.2 Meta Hyperion & Prometheus Mega-Campus


1.3 xAI Colossus 1 & 2


1.4 Microsoft Fairwater / Mount Pleasant AI Campus


1.5 Amazon Rainier / AWS Cumulus Susquehanna Campus


1.6 Alibaba Cloud Zhangbei Mega-Campus (阿里巴巴张北云计算基地)


1.7 China 东数西算 (East-Data-West-Computing) National Computing Hubs

China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) mega-initiative deploying 8 national computing hubs (8大国家算力枢纽) and 10 national data center clusters (10大国家数据中心集群) across western and northern renewable-rich provinces.

A. Gansu Qingyang National Cluster (甘肃庆阳国家数据中心集群)

B. Inner Mongolia Ulanqab & Hohhot Hubs (内蒙古和林格尔/乌兰察布数据中心集群)

C. Ningxia Zhongwei Hub (宁夏中卫国家数据中心集群)

D. Guizhou Gui’an National Hub (贵州贵安国家数据中心集群)


1.8 Google Mega-Campuses (Council Bluffs & Pryor)


2. Regional Grid Carbon Intensity & Industrial Electricity Tariffs

Authoritative baseline metrics used for derived operational emissions and energy expenditure calculations.

2.1 US Texas (ERCOT)

2.2 US Ohio (PJM Interconnection)

2.3 Norway (NO2 / NO3 - Statnett Fjord Hydro System)

2.4 China Northwest / North Grid (Inner Mongolia & Gansu)


3. Comparison Matrix for Imagined Giants

Reference ParameterGiant Hyperion-ClassGiant FjordGiant Gobi-Sun
ArchetypeUS Gigawatt AI FactoryHydro Fjord AI/HPCDesert Solar & Storage Hub
GeographyUS Gulf Coast / OhioVestland Fjord, NorwayGansu / Inner Mongolia, China
Target IT Scale5,000 MW (5 GW)1,000 MW (1 GW)1,000 MW (1 GW)
Accelerator Equiv.~60,000 GB200 NVL72 racks~12,000 GB200 NVL72 racks~12,000 GB200 NVL72 racks
Cooling TechDLC + CDUs, Dry EconomizersSeawater DLC + RDHx, District HeatDry Coolers, Immersion / DLC
Target PUE1.151.051.12
Grid Power Source400 kV Grid + On-site Gas Turbines100% Run-of-River & Lake Hydro2 GW Solar PV + 4 GWh BESS
Grid Carbon Factor~400–480 $\text{gCO}_2/\text{kWh}$~20 $\text{gCO}_2/\text{kWh}$~80 $\text{gCO}_2/\text{kWh}$ (Green PPA)
Industrial Tariff~$0.065 / \text{kWh}$~$0.040 / \text{kWh}$~¥0.32 / \text{kWh} ($0.045 / \text{kWh})
Water StrategyClosed-loop recirculatingSeawater open heat exchangerZero-water consumption dry loop