DCS
DCS (Shanghai Deheng Data Technology) is a Chinese data center full-lifecycle services provider, delivering EPC construction, owned-asset investment and operation, and prefabricated modular data center solutions for financial institutions, internet and cloud platforms, and telecom operators.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2013
- HeadquartersShanghai, China
- Headcount101–250
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What DCS does
Shanghai Deheng Data Technology Co., Ltd. (DCS) is a privately held Chinese data center full-lifecycle services provider founded in 2013 and headquartered at the Shanghai Green Development Center in Pudong. It operates across three interlocking business lines: (1) data center construction/EPC general contracting, delivered primarily through its wholly-owned subsidiary Blue Bodhi (formerly IBM China's GTS Building Intelligent Engineering Division, acquired in 2016 and ranked #1 among China data center engineering firms for four consecutive years, 2020–2023); (2) data center investment and operation of owned assets including the Tier III-certified Qiwang Songjiang Park (15MW / ~4,500 racks) and the Jiangsu Financial Industry Park, plus Tencent-hosted campuses at Yizheng and Qingyuan; and (3) a Full Prefab Modular Building Data Center manufacturing/product line under the PrefabDC brand, with the first commercial deployment completed in Yangzhou in 2023. Across these lines DCS has delivered 300+ projects spanning more than 1.2 million square meters.
DCS's technical differentiation rests on two proprietary assets: the self-developed DC-Mind platform, which integrates Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) and Data Center Operations Management (DCOM) into a single intelligent operations layer that monitors power, environment, assets, security, capacity, and cabling in real time and reduces manual labor costs by approximately 20% in conventional deployments and ~90% under the AI Ops 2.0 energy-saving module; and the industry's first full prefab modular building data center structural system, combining prefabricated steel-frame civil works with factory-integrated MEP to deliver permanent 3–5 storey data centers in 6–9 months at 100% comparable CAPEX to traditional construction (PUE as low as 1.2 demonstrated at the Jiangsu site). DCS also co-authored the CQC8302-2018 certification specification and the Data Center End-Rack Busway Technology White Paper with CDCC, supporting its standards leadership in the Chinese market.
Commercially, DCS pursues enterprise direct sales against named marquee clients spanning financial institutions (Agricultural Bank of China, ICBC, China Minsheng Bank, Guangfa Bank, Hengfeng Bank, China United Insurance, CFCA), internet/cloud platforms (Tencent, JD.com, Yangtze Memory, Ziguang Cloud), and telecom operators (Jiangsu Unicom, Shanghai Unicom). Revenue is generated through four streams: project-based EPC contracts, recurring rack/colocation/bandwidth services on owned assets, sales/licensing of prefabricated modular DC building systems, and licensing or embedded deployment of the DC-Mind platform (notably inside Tencent Intelligent Operations/ZhiWei). The company received a strategic investment from Tencent Industry Ecosystem Investment in March 2021, holds Huawei CSP Five-Diamond digital-energy certification, operates joint IDC projects with China Unicom subsidiaries, and has expanded internationally via the BRIGHTRAY Johor Campus (MY-01, 85.8MW) in Malaysia, while signing national "East Data West Compute" hub agreements with Wulanchabu and Shaoguan municipal governments. Headcount is in the 101–250 range.
DCS firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- DCS
- Legal name
- 上海德衡数据科技有限公司
- Website
- https://dc-science.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2013
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 101–250 employees
- Short description
- DCS (Shanghai Deheng Data Technology) is a Chinese data center full-lifecycle services provider, delivering EPC construction, owned-asset investment and operation, and prefabricated modular data center solutions for financial institutions, internet and cloud platforms, and telecom operators.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
DCS industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Data Center Infrastructure Services
- NAICS
- Computer Facilities Management Services (541513), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)
- SIC
- Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) (HDABANAB)
Keywords
Where DCS is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Shanghai
- HQ country
- China
- HQ region
- Asia
Offices4 records
Markets served
DCS business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- Data Center EPC General Contracting: Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) services for data center and intelligent building projects. DCS wholly owns Blue Bodhi (蓝色帛缔, formerly IBM China GTS Building Intelligent Engineering Division) which provides Class A intelligent building design and Class One electronic/intelligent engineering contracting qualifications. Revenue is project-based, typically large contracts with major banks, internet companies, and telecom operators. Blue Bodhi generated 56.87 billion RMB in engineering contracts in 2021, a 54% YoY increase.
- Data Center Investment and Operation: Owns and operates data center assets for lease to clients. Provides IDC/ISP services, rack hosting, co-location, and bandwidth connectivity services on a recurring basis. Key operational assets include Shanghai Qiwang Data Center (15MW IT load, 4,500 racks), Jiangsu DCS Finance Park (18MW, 3,200 racks), Tencent Yizheng Campus (2,000 racks), and Tencent Qingyuan Campus (21MW, 3,840 racks). Revenue model combines recurring rack rental fees plus增值服务 such as bandwidth.
- Full Prefab Modular Data Center Modules Manufacturing: Design, manufacturing, and sale/licensing of prefabricated modular data center building modules. First full prefab modular data center production line established in China. Modules are sold as integrated building solutions to developers or as part of turnkey EPC contracts.
- DC-Mind Platform Licensing and Smart Operations Services: Licensing of the proprietary DC-Mind intelligent operations platform to data center operators; professional services for platform implementation and customization. Also provides white-label or embedded deployment within Tencent Zhinengwei (Tencent Intelligent Operations) ecosystem.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Other | — | Enterprise custom quotation — pricing varies by project scope, capacity, power density, and service level requirements. |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels4 records
Marketing channels5 records
DCS product offering
Product offeringCore offering
DCS is a data center full-lifecycle services provider in China offering engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services, data center investment and operation (IDC/ISP, colocation, hosting), and full prefabricated modular data center building solutions. The company develops and operates the proprietary DC-Mind integrated intelligent operations platform combining DCIM and DCOM capabilities for centralized monitoring of power, environment, assets, security, capacity, and cabling. It serves financial institutions, internet/cloud platforms, telecom operators, and government clients with bespoke, project-based data center infrastructure deployments.
Product overview
DCS (Shanghai Deheng Data Technology) is a data center full lifecycle services provider offering three core business segments: data center construction (EPC), investment and operation, and full prefabricated modular data center manufacturing. The company provides comprehensive services from project planning, design, investment development, construction delivery, testing verification to sales operations. Key products include the self-developed DC-Mind intelligent integrated management platform combining DCIM and DCOM capabilities, and the Full Prefab Modular Building Data Center Solution enabling rapid 6-9 month delivery of multi-story permanent data centers. The company also operates owned data centers including Qiwang Songjiang Park and Jiangsu Financial Industry Park, supported by subsidiary Blue Bodhi (acquired from IBM GTS) which ranks #1 in China's data center engineering companies.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- DC-Mind: Self-developed intelligent integrated management platform for data centers, integrating DCIM and DCOM, providing centralized monitoring of power, environment, assets, security, capacity, and cabling.
- PrefabDC (衡新数智)
- 蓝色帛缔 (Blue Bodhi)
- 齐网 (Qiwang Network)
Products and services
- DC-Mind Data Center Integrated Operation Management Platform Self-developed integrated intelligent management platform combining DCIM (Data Center Infrastructure Management) and DCOM (Data Center Operations Management). Provides centralized real-time monitoring of power, environment, assets, security, capacity, and cabling; AI-driven analytics and decision support; deployed in 4,000-8,000 cabinet scale data centers, reducing labor costs by ~20% in conventional data centers and ~90% in AI ops 2.0 scenarios.
- Full Prefab Modular Building Data Center Solution Industry-first fully prefabricated civil and MEP integrated data center building solution combining steel-frame structure with factory-prefabricated modules. Enables 6-9 month delivery of multi-storey permanent data center buildings (3-5 floors, 7m height) supporting air cooling (1-5 floors, 15-35MW IT capacity) and liquid cooling (15-40MW IT capacity). Applied in DCS Jiangsu Financial Industry Park (20MW, PUE 1.2) and Brightray Johor Data Center Campus in Malaysia (85.8MW, PUE <1.4).
- Data Center EPC General Contracting Services Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) services for data center and intelligent building projects. Provided by wholly-owned subsidiary Blue Bodhi (蓝色帛缔, formerly IBM China GTS Building Intelligent Engineering Division) which holds Class A intelligent building design and Class One electronic/intelligent engineering contracting qualifications. Blue Bodhi generated 56.87 billion RMB in engineering contracts in 2021, ranked #1 nationally for 4 consecutive years (2020-2023).
- Data Center Investment and Operation Services Owns and operates data center assets for lease to enterprise clients on a recurring basis. Provides IDC/ISP services, rack hosting, co-location, and bandwidth connectivity services. Key operational assets include Qiwang Songjiang Data Center (15MW, 4,500 racks, Uptime Tier III and CQC A-level certified), Jiangsu DCS Finance Park (18MW, 3,200 racks, PUE 1.2), Tencent Yizheng Campus (2,000 racks), and Tencent Qingyuan Campus (21MW, 3,840 racks).
Quantifiable outcome
- DC-Mind platform reduces labor costs by approximately 20% in conventional centralizing high-availability data centers; AI ops 2.0 achieves ~90% labor savings vs. manual operation under identical PUE targets.
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Companies that use DCS
Customer profileNamed customers14 records
Segments4 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
DCS technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
AI capability2 records
Feature4 records
DCS partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Nine partnerships are on record, tiered major and core.
- Wulanchabu Municipal Government (乌兰察布市政府)majorDCS signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Wulanchabu city government for a 'Smart Space Information Technology Innovation Center' project. DCS plans to invest in and build a 200,000+ server high-level computing center in Wulanchabu, supporting the city's digital economy development under the national 'East Data West Compute' strategy.
- Shaoguan Municipal Government (韶关市政府)majorDCS was among the first enterprises to sign a strategic cooperation agreement with Shaoguan city government as part of the 'East Data West Compute' Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area national hub node. DCS will participate in the development, construction, and operation of the Shaoguan data center cluster, contributing to a new computing network system serving South China.
- Huawei (华为)majorDCS obtained Huawei's highest-level CSP Five-Diamond (Digital Energy) certification, validating DCS's capabilities in pre-sales support, service delivery, quality management, and professional technical services for Huawei digital energy products. The certification enables DCS to provide integrated Huawei digital energy solutions to data center clients.
- Tencent Intelligent Operations (腾讯智维)coreDCS serves as a Tencent Intelligent Operations (ZhiWei) ecosystem partner, collaborating with Tencent on R&D and project delivery for next-generation data center operations platforms. DCS and Tencent jointly developed and validated the Tencent ZhiWei product in Tencent's internal data centers, with plans to jointly market the solution to external clients.
- Jiangsu Unicom (江苏联通)majorJiangsu Unicom and DCS signed a strategic cooperation agreement for joint development of IDC resources. The Jiangsu Unicom Eastern Cloud Computing Center is co-located within the DCS Jiangsu Financial Industry Park. Both parties leverage their respective strengths — Jiangsu Unicom's network infrastructure and DCS's data center development and operations expertise.
- China Financial Certification Authority (CFCA)coreDCS and CFCA signed a strategic cooperation agreement and jointly established the 'Financial-Grade Data Center Demonstration Base.' The partnership involves cooperation in financial standardization, financial infrastructure security operations, financial data center standard development, power system testing services, and comprehensive financial data center application scenarios.
- Shanghai Unicom (上海联通)majorShanghai Unicom and DCS jointly held a customer promotion event at Qiwang Songjiang Data Center. The collaboration aims to leverage Shanghai Unicom's telecom network advantages and DCS's data center infrastructure to serve shared enterprise customers in the Shanghai region.
- Ziguang Cloud (紫光云)majorQiwang Network (DCS subsidiary) and Ziguang Cloud signed an industry cloud cooperation agreement to provide comprehensive industrial informatization solutions to smart manufacturing enterprises in the Songjiang G60 Technology Corridor. The partnership focuses on industrial internet and data center infrastructure services.
- Prefa bDC (衡新数智)corePrefa bDC (doing business as '衡新数智') is the internal division of DCS that developed the Full Prefab Modular Building Data Center Solution. It operates as a branded product line within DCS, referenced on the prefabdc.com website.
Scale indicators14 records
Recent moves11 records
Expansion highlights6 records
DCS competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- Vertiv Holdings: Vertiv is a global provider of power, cooling, and IT management infrastructure for data centers, including DCIM software. Comparable to DCS where DCS's DC-Mind platform overlaps in DCIM/DCOM functionality and where DCS integrates Vertiv-class power and thermal systems into its prefab builds.
- Schneider Electric (Data Center Business): Schneider Electric supplies data center power, cooling, and management software (EcoStruxure for Data Centers) globally and in China. Comparable to DCS where Schneider's DCIM/building management products compete or interoperate with DCS's DC-Mind platform and where Schneider's prefabricated power skids overlap with DCS's full prefab modular offering.
- Huawei Digital Energy: Huawei's Digital Energy division provides data center power, cooling, and prefabricated modular solutions in China and globally. Comparable to DCS as both supply modular data center infrastructure to Chinese customers and DCS holds Huawei's highest CSP Five-Diamond certification, indicating deep commercial overlap.
Direct peers
- GDS Holdings: GDS is China's leading carrier-neutral, hyperscale-ready data center operator with operations concentrated in Tier-1 markets. It is comparable to DCS because both develop, own, and operate multi-megawatt wholesale data center campuses for financial, internet, and cloud tenants, and both compete for hyperscale build-outs in China.
- Chindata Group: Chindata operates hyperscale, carrier-neutral data center campuses in China and emerging markets for internet and cloud customers. Comparable to DCS through its hyperscale project delivery model and pursuit of AI/compute demand across China and Asia.
- VNET (21Vianet): VNET is a long-standing Chinese carrier-neutral colocation and managed-hosting provider serving cloud and enterprise customers. Comparable to DCS as both operate owned data centers and provide managed services, IDC/ISP licenses, and connectivity to enterprise and cloud clients in China.
- AtHub (Equinix China): AtHub is the Chinese data center arm of Equinix and a leading carrier-neutral colocation operator in mainland China. Comparable to DCS as it provides enterprise and carrier colocation, interconnection, and managed services in shared facilities across Chinese Tier-1 cities.
- Sinnet Technology (光环新数据): Sinnet is a major Chinese data center operator with deep ties to Amazon Web Services and AI compute customers. Comparable to DCS in that it develops and operates large-scale, high-density data centers for cloud and enterprise tenants, often using prefabricated or modular construction methods.
- Range Technology (润泽科技): Range Technology develops and operates large hyperscale data center campuses across China, including integrated parks adjacent to compute hubs. Comparable to DCS in its focus on hyperscale build-to-suit campuses for AI and cloud customers, often under single-tenant master agreements.
Emerging players
- Centrin Data Systems (世纪互联 subsidiary/related): Centrin Data is a China-focused data center operator serving enterprise customers with mixed-use colocation and managed services. Comparable to DCS as a regional operator competing for mid-size enterprise and edge workloads across China.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
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Trust signalCompliance16 records
DCS financial estimates
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DCS leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles14 records
DCS subsidiaries and ownership
Company hierarchySubsidiaries3 records
DCS funding detail
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Frequently asked questions about DCS
What does DCS do?
DCS is a data center full-lifecycle services provider in China offering engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services, data center investment and operation (IDC/ISP, colocation, hosting), and full prefabricated modular data center building solutions. The company develops and operates the proprietary DC-Mind integrated intelligent operations platform combining DCIM and DCOM capabilities for centralized monitoring of power, environment, assets, security, capacity, and cabling. It serves financial institutions, internet/cloud platforms, telecom operators, and government clients with bespoke, project-based data center infrastructure deployments.
Is DCS a public or private company?
DCS is a private company. It is classified as venture growth investor backed and is currently operating.
When was DCS founded?
DCS was founded in 2013. It employs 101 to 250 people.
Where is DCS based?
DCS is headquartered in Shanghai, China, in the Asia region.
How does DCS make money?
Four revenue lines are on record. Data Center EPC General Contracting is the primary driver. The others are data Center Investment and Operation, full Prefab Modular Data Center Modules Manufacturing and DC-Mind Platform Licensing and Smart Operations Services.
Who are DCS's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are Vertiv Holdings, Schneider Electric (Data Center Business) and Huawei Digital Energy. Direct peers are GDS Holdings, Chindata Group, VNET (21Vianet), AtHub (Equinix China), Sinnet Technology (光环新数据) and Range Technology (润泽科技). Centrin Data Systems (世纪互联 subsidiary/related) is listed as an emerging player.
Does DCS have an API?
No public API is recorded for DCS.
What industry is DCS in?
DCS's product category is Data Center Infrastructure Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HDABANAB, Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM). Its NAICS code is 541513 and its SIC code is 7370.