AI Data Insight
The YoY growth rate of China's total societal power shortage in April 2026 was 15.2561%, narrowing significantly from the previous value of 25.4304%, yet still maintaining a double-digit high expansion. Along with surging power consumption from AI computing centers and an early summer onset in southern regions, spot power prices have soared, leaving overall supply and demand tight. The market expects the summer power consumption peak to continuously test the grid's cross-regional dispatching and renewable energy integration capabilities.