Hailan Cloud Data Center

Name

Hailan Cloud Data Center

Legal name

深圳海兰云数据中心科技有限公司

Website

https://hicloud.com.cn

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Underwater Data Center Infrastructure

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210)

SIC

Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374), Services-Computer Rental & Leasing (7377)

akta.pro primary industry

Data & Analytics Platforms (Data Warehousing, Lakes, Streaming) (HDABAAAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cloud & Infrastructure Support (Servers, Storage, Virtualization) (BPAAACAE), Offshore-to-Shore Interface Construction (Landfalls, Shore Crossings, HDD) (IMAFAJAK)

Keywords

• Underwater data center
• Data center colocation
• Seawater cooling infrastructure
• Green data center
• Dedicated cloud hosting

Headquarters

HQ city

Shenzhen

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Data Center Hosting (海底机柜): Provides submarine server rack space and power. Customers install their own servers in the underwater data舱. Revenue is generated through long-term hosting contracts with telecom operators, internet companies, and enterprise clients.
2. Managed Computing Services (算力服务): Directly provides computing power and AI/cloud services to customers from the submarine facility. Includes GPU cloud services, dedicated private cloud, and AI model training services. Revenue from per-usage or subscription compute contracts.
3. Intelligent Computing Cloud (智算云): AI smart computing cloud services launched in 2024, providing GPU-based high-performance computing for AI model training, cross-border education, film production, and deep-sea exploration applications. Positioned as a new revenue growth driver.
4. Design, Construction, and Operations Services: End-to-end services from data center design, manufacturing, deployment, and ongoing operations and maintenance. Includes consulting on underwater data center projects and project management services.
5. Dedicated Cloud Services (专属云服务): Collaborative offering with major cloud providers (e.g., Alibaba Cloud) where customers get a dedicated private cloud partition within the submarine data center, combining public cloud convenience with physical isolation and enhanced security.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Hailan Cloud designs, builds, and operates commercial underwater data centers (UDC) that house servers in sealed cylindrical pressure vessels deployed on the seabed and cooled by natural seawater, achieving PUE below 1.15. The company provides end-to-end services including data center hosting, dedicated cloud (海底专属云), network connectivity, operations and maintenance, and GPU-based intelligent computing cloud services to enterprise and government customers.

Product overview

Hailan Cloud Data Center (海兰云) operates a portfolio of seabed-based data center infrastructure and cloud services. Its core product is the Underwater Data Center (海底数据中心, UDC) — a modular seabed-deployed data舱 system that uses seawater for natural cooling, achieving PUE below 1.15. The company offers four supporting service modules: data center room products (including seabed rack rental and direct computing power), dedicated cloud services (built with partners like Alibaba Cloud), network services (subsea cable connectivity and cross-border data), and operation & maintenance (digital twin remote monitoring). The product portfolio also includes 智算云, a GPU-based intelligent computing cloud platform for AI workloads. The UDC serves as the foundational infrastructure; the cloud services layer sits atop it, providing IaaS and specialized AI compute to enterprise customers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• 海底专属云 (UDC Dedicated Cloud): A dedicated cloud service platform built on the underwater data center infrastructure, accessible at hly.hicloud.com.cn, providing customers with exclusive cloud resources hosted in undersea data pods.
• 智算云 (AI Computing Cloud)

Products and services

• Underwater Data Center (海底数据中心/UDC) Modular seabed-deployed data center infrastructure consisting of a shore station, underwater power substation, sealed cylindrical pressure vessel data cabins, and submarine power/communication composite cables. Houses 24 standard 42U racks per cabin at 15-35kW power density with 25-year design life and 90-day modular deployment.
• Data Center Room Products (海底机柜/Colocation) Provides submarine server rack space and power inside the underwater data cabins. Customers install their own servers or use direct computing power services with high-power-density server deployment, offered through long-term hosting contracts with telecom operators, internet companies, and enterprise clients.
• UDC Dedicated Cloud (海底专属云) Dedicated cloud services delivered from the underwater data center, offering customers a private cloud environment within the seabed data cabin with guaranteed resources, data security, and network isolation. Co-built with cloud computing manufacturers such as Alibaba Cloud, combining public cloud convenience with physical isolation and enhanced security.
• Network Services (网络服务) Network connectivity services including submarine optical-electrical composite cable deployment, international cable access via China Telecom and China Mobile international cable landing stations, and cross-border data transmission infrastructure supporting the Lingshui International Data Port.
• Operations and Maintenance (运营维护) Full lifecycle operation and maintenance services for the seabed data cabins including remote monitoring via digital twin system, periodic underwater inspection, and server redundancy management enabling unattended/light-maintenance operations.
• Intelligent Computing Cloud (智算云) GPU-accelerated intelligent computing cloud platform providing AI computing power for large model training, scientific computing, and data analysis workloads, deployed within the underwater intelligent computing center. Supports AI model training, cross-border education, film production, and deep-sea exploration applications.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduces electricity consumption by 122 million kWh per year (100 data舱 vs land-based equivalent)
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• Keppel Data Centres: Keppel Data Centres is a leading Singapore-headquartered data center operator with strong Southeast Asia and Asia-Pacific presence. It is a relevant regional peer for Hailan Cloud's Singapore and ASEAN expansion strategy under Belt and Road.

Broad incumbents

• GDS Holdings: GDS is the largest carrier-neutral data center operator in China, focused on Tier 1 markets with high-density hyperscale facilities. It represents the dominant land-based incumbent against which Hailan Cloud competes for high-density compute workloads in coastal Chinese markets.
• 21Vianet (世纪互联): 21Vianet is one of China's largest carrier-neutral data center providers, operating facilities across major Chinese cities. It is a comparable provider of enterprise and hyperscale colocation services in the same customer base Hailan Cloud targets.
• Alibaba Cloud (阿里云): Alibaba Cloud is both Hailan Cloud's dedicated cloud partner (joint submarine dedicated cloud offering) and a competitor for Chinese enterprise cloud and AI compute workloads. The partnership model is comparable to other public cloud–data center colocation arrangements in the Chinese market.
• Vantage Data Centers: Vantage Data Centers is a global hyperscale data center operator with major APAC presence including facilities in Singapore and Malaysia. It is a relevant international incumbent competing for AI and hyperscale workloads in the Southeast Asian markets Hailan Cloud targets under Belt and Road expansion.
• Equinix: Equinix is the world's largest global interconnection and data center operator, providing colocation and cross-connect services to enterprises worldwide. It is a benchmark global incumbent in the data center industry where Hailan Cloud competes for international enterprise workloads.
• Sinnet (光环新网): Sinnet is a major Chinese data center operator and AWS China's primary operating partner. As an established incumbent providing IaaS, dedicated cloud, and colocation services to Chinese enterprises, it competes with Hailan Cloud for similar enterprise workloads.
• Digital Realty: Digital Realty is one of the largest global data center REITs, operating facilities across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. As a global hyperscale-ready data center platform, it represents the established competitive alternative for international AI and cloud customers.
• Chindata Group (秦淮数据): Chindata is a hyperscale data center platform in Asia with strong focus on AI and cloud workloads, including facilities in northern China and Southeast Asia. It competes for the same high-density AI compute customer segment Hailan Cloud targets with its underwater intelligent computing platform.

Direct peers

• Microsoft (Project Natick): Microsoft's Project Natick deployed a commercial-scale underwater data center off the Orkney Islands in Scotland, achieving strong PUE results over multiple years of operation before being wound down. Hailan Cloud's data explicitly cites outperforming Microsoft's results in tropical waters, making it the closest direct peer in underwater data center technology.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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