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Shanghai completed China's first city-level computing-grid coordination trial, achieving a 97.8 MW peak load reduction in two hours. Sixteen data center operators, including Alibaba and China Telecom, participated by modulating power use and shifting tasks. The trial supports China's strategy to use AI data centers as flexible energy consumers.
At The Smarter E 2026 in Munich, Huawei unveiled its latest grid-forming strategy for future power systems, rebranding its LUNA energy storage system to LUTERRA. Huawei Digital Power President Steven Zhou emphasized that future PV and BESS products must evolve to become primary power sources. The company's grid-forming functions have been fully validated under all operating conditions.