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+ Air-Liquid Hybrid Cooling" AIDC model. technologies to address the challenges of shorter than traditional solution. The AIDC
Three innovative breakthroughs overcome heat dissipation and energy consumption in prefabricated container solution resolves
traditional infrastructure bottlenecks: The high-density deployment: chilled water wind three major construction challenges in
unique top-bottom frame structure, with wall, cold and hot aisle separation, and cold the era of explosive computing power
a 5.75-meter floor height, breaks through plate liquid cooling. Combined with natural growth: the time gap between construction
traditional height limitations. A single cooling sources and airflow optimization, duration and demand, the compatibility
module can flexibly deploy either an 8kW the PUE in liquid-cooled scenarios can challenge of power density leaps, and the
air-cooled general computing cabinet or a be as low as 1.15. The overall energy dual pressures of energy efficiency and
40kW liquid-cooled AI computing cabinet. efficiency is 30% higher than traditional green transformation. With the official
It supports "dual-mode computing in solutions. It also supports the integration of launch of the AIDC prefabricated container
one box" (compatibility between general renewable energy sources like solar power solution, ZTE has entered the "modular" era
computing and AI computing, as well as for auxiliary power supply to data centers. of intelligent computing infrastructure –
between air cooling and liquid cooling), Each sub-module is prefabricated in the turning data centers into rapidly replicable
fulfilling the requirements of mixed factory and can proceed concurrently with and elastic "computing power containers",
scenarios such as AI large model training civil construction work. Upon arrival at the offering global customers a smooth
and edge computing in one go. In addition site, the modules are assembled like LEGO upgrade path from general computing to
to achieving prefabrication in infrastructure building blocks. Projects can be delivered intelligent computing.
construction, the solution integrates three in as fast as seven months, nearly 40%

China Telecom and ZTE secure the Best Moonshot Catalyst – Attendees'

Choice Award

ZTE Corporation, a global leading provider of equipment with China Telecom's cloud
integrated information and communication infrastructure and smart transport AI
technology solutions, in partnership with capabilities, the collaboration has achieved
China Telecom and other industry players, a 24% reduction in hardware costs. Utilizing
announced that their jointly developed 5G URLLC technology, the system has
project, "AI-enabled system for vehicle- significantly reduced transmission delay.
road-cloud collaboration", has received AI lightweight computing units have been
the prestigious Best Moonshot Catalyst deployed at roadside edge nodes, enabling
– Attendees' Choice Award at Digital the classification and identification of
Transformation World (DTW) 2025, hosted over 20 transport participants. To date,
by TM Forum. This recognition highlights the the system has enhanced the accuracy
significant contributions of China Telecom of complex scenario identification by
and ZTE in driving industrial innovation 40%, and reduced the multi-vehicle
and accelerating the digital transformation coordination response delay to under 100
of the global telecom industry. The large- ms, thereby assisting vehicle enterprises in
scale deployment of autonomous driving achieving L4-level self-driving capabilities
has led to a significant surge in demand via progressive pathways. Currently, the
for emergency road condition identification vehicle-road-cloud system confronts
and multi-party collaborative decision- multiple challenges, including the high
making in complex urban traffic. However, cost of roadside equipment, the openness
single-vehicle intelligence is constrained by of data capabilities, and difficulties in
sensor and computing power limitations, commercial closed-loop. To address
and there are blind areas in extreme these issues, ZTE plans to achieve dual
weather conditions. Meanwhile, traditional breakthroughs in both technologies and
optimization models, which depend on commercial models based on its AIR Net
high-precision maps and massive drive solution. Technologically, ZTE will focus the vehicle-road cloud APIs and real-time
test data, are also encountering challenges on developing low-cost hardware and ultra- traffic data APIs. This measure is expected
such as high hardware costs, difficulty low-latency architecture to enhance the to drive an annual increase in API revenue
in covering long-tail scenarios, and low capability of integrating multi-source data. of over 20%. Moving forward, this system
multi-vehicle coordination efficiency. ZTE's Commercially, ZTE will establish a scenario- will continuously facilitate the collaborative
AIR Net autonomous network solution is based value model to clarify the profit paths evolution of smart transportation
instrumental in constructing a "vehicle- for vehicle manufacturers and operators. from single-point intelligence to global
road-cloud collaborative autonomous Operators can apply the 5G-A network to intelligence, laying a solid foundation for a
driving" system. By integrating ZTE's 5G-A enterprise service platforms by opening trillion-scale intelligent travel ecosystem.

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