AI Data Insight
China's cumulative year-on-year growth rate of power consumption in the tertiary industry reached 8.6% in the first five months of 2026, climbing further from the previous 8.3%, indicating a robust recovery in the service sector. Benefiting from the expansion of AI computing power and the popularization of new energy vehicles, the single-month growth rates of internet data and battery charging and swapping services both soared past 45%, becoming the strongest new drivers for overall power consumption growth.