In 2026, China’s digital infrastructure industry is standing at the intersection of three historic cycles.
First: demand is surging.
Demand for compute is expanding at a compound annual growth rate of 27.5%. Alibaba Cloud has announced more than RMB 380 billion in AI infrastructure investment over the next three years, while global technology giants are increasing annual AI capital expenditure by 35%–40%.
Second: policy is being reshaped.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has fully launched the “1+M+N” national computing interconnection node system. Intelligent computing now accounts for 80.8% of capacity across the eight East Data, West Computing hubs as of the first half of 2026. More than 20 provinces and municipalities had introduced computing voucher programs by July 2026, while the concept of a “computing power bank” has moved into the industry mainstream.
Third: business models are changing.
From asset-light subleasing to asset-heavy self-built capacity, and from scale-first growth to a focus on quality and efficiency, the entire industry is undergoing a fundamental shift in its development model.
The convergence of these three cycles sends one clear signal: China’s computing industry needs an efficient, professional, end-to-end business-matching platform more than ever.
DITExpo 2026, the Digital Infrastructure Technology Expo, was created for exactly that purpose.
December 10–11, Beijing. Booth reservations are now open.
Two Halls, Six Zones — The Entire Industry Chain in One Stop
AI STAR Hall — Level 1: Focused on AI globalization and real-world deployment. The Global Connect zone creates a two-way channel for international expansion, while the AI Application Ecosystem zone brings together foundation-model developers, industry solution providers and agent platforms.
AIDC Hall — Level 2: Home to the industry’s core computing infrastructure. The Computing Facilities & Equipment zone covers chips, servers, storage, liquid cooling and networking; the Computing Infrastructure Construction & Operations zone brings together telecom operators, third-party IDC providers and cloud service companies; the Computing-Power Coordination zone features energy groups, energy-storage providers and energy-efficiency technology companies; and the Token Factory zone showcases distributed computing platforms and the emerging Web3+AI ecosystem.
From the energy foundation to the computing core, and from AI applications to industry-finance collaboration — this is the full landscape of DITExpo 2026.
Three Conferences, Three Perspectives
🏛 Looking Back — The 21st Annual China IDC Industry Conference (IDCC 2026). After 21 years of development, IDCC has become a widely recognized annual bellwether for China’s data center industry. More than 100 academicians and industry leaders, annual white papers and awards, and key topics ranging from 10,000-GPU clusters and liquid cooling to computing-power coordination and domestic computing substitution. From a market worth just RMB 2.16 billion in 2006 to an industry now moving toward the trillion-yuan scale, IDCC has witnessed the full evolution of China’s IDC sector from an “internet foundation” to a “digital engine.”
🌍 Looking Outward — Global Digital Infrastructure Cooperation and Development Forum (DIFGC). More than 600 guests from over 20 countries — from Southeast Asia and the Middle East to Europe, and from digital-economy officials to international data center associations. A one-stop navigation platform for Chinese computing companies expanding overseas.
🏗 Looking Ahead — 2026 High-Quality Development Conference for the Computing Power Industry Ecosystem. The eight East Data, West Computing hubs will join central and state-owned computing platforms and industry-chain leaders for a closed-loop dialogue across policy, industry and technology, helping move China’s computing capacity from an “infrastructure project” toward a “public service.”
More than 18 themed forums and over 30 supporting events will also be held, covering frontier topics including Token Factory development, 800V power distribution, GW/MW-scale intelligent computing centers, domestic supernode innovation, AI agents, world models and embodied intelligence. One event, the full industry chain.
Eight Activities Designed to Turn Every Square Meter Into Business
💰 Token Buyer Delegations — Five groups representing telecom operators, major internet companies, overseas buyers, government and enterprise customers, and investment institutions, all guided by industry professionals for targeted matching.
🏆 Compute Supernova TOP30 — Discover the industry’s next supernova. Innovation rankings and on-site awards across chips, liquid cooling, AI operations, green energy and cross-border services.
🎤 Exhibitor Stage — An open stage at the heart of the exhibition floor, with 15-minute product pitches or launches and six to eight sessions per day. Great products can speak for themselves.
🤖 Compute Demo Day — Experience large-model inference, AIGC content generation and real-time digital-human interaction firsthand. See computing power move beyond PowerPoint and into the real world.
☕ CEO Breakfast — S-tier exhibitor CEOs × leading customer CXOs × core investors. Closed-door matchmaking and high-density business conversations.
🧱 Token Ocean Supply–Demand Wall — Scan to post computing demand or supply, with AI-powered matching. One wall connects both sides of the market.
👁 Compute Experience Officer — Enterprise users will be recruited to compare the inference speed, cost and output quality of different large models on site. Real data, open comparisons.
🎁 Check In at Booths, Earn Tokens — Visit booths, collect Tokens and redeem them for compute-themed mystery boxes. A little discovery beyond the business meetings.
Five Content Programs That Keep the Conversation Going
📹 DITExpo Exhibitor Power Show — One-minute videos build awareness before the event and run on venue screens during the show, keeping exhibitor brands visible throughout.
📖 DITExpo Explainer — Accessible content introducing the full digital infrastructure value chain, lowering the barrier to understanding the industry and broadening the audience.
🏠 DITExpo Stories | The Data Center Is My Home — Real stories from frontline operations staff, engineers and project managers. Beyond hard technology, the people behind the industry.
⚡ DITExpo Tech | Compute Frontier — In-depth explainers on immersion cooling, silicon photonics interconnects, compute-in-memory and other frontier technologies, with a focus on how they are actually deployed.
📰 DITExpo Weekly — A weekly roundup of major data center and computing infrastructure developments in China and overseas, positioning DITExpo as an industry information hub.
More Than Two Days — An Eight-Month Communications Event
Theme launch and exhibitor recruitment in July → booth-sales push and speaker confirmations from August to November → intensive 100-day, 30-day and 7-day countdown campaigns from November to December → live-streamed show coverage and media interviews in December → industry reports and highlight replays continuing through the following March.
DITExpo works with more than 800 media partners, reaches a combined audience of 52 million and has generated 130 million cumulative reads. Leading industry media including IDCquan, Digital Kaiwu, Jifang360, Communications World and C114 provide in-depth coverage, with IDCNOVA amplifying the event overseas. The impact of one booth reaches far beyond one venue and two exhibition days.
Three Firsts That Expand DITExpo’s Global Reach
🌐 First Global Connect zone — focused on AI globalization and creating a two-way channel for international expansion
🧳 First overseas buyer delegation — covering Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Europe, bringing Chinese exhibitors face to face with global buyers
📡 First all-English communications matrix — LinkedIn + international PR + global media, telling China’s digital infrastructure story in the language of the world
📅 December 10–11, 2026 · Beijing | 🌐 www.ditexpo.com | Booth reservations are now open:
Ms. Li 13693541767 | [email protected]
Ms. Zhang 18301162872 | [email protected]
Mr. Li 18101720203 | [email protected]
Organizer: DITExpo Organizing Committee | Co-organizers: IDCquan · Digital Kaiwu · IDCNOVA
— What are you most looking forward to seeing at DITExpo 2026: a particular exhibitor, a technology, or a forum? Tell us in the comments — we’ll go and explore it for you.