China Southern Power Grid unveils AI power systems at 2026 WAIC

The company highlighted its electricity-carbon-computing platform and said its MegaWatt Yunrui planning agent produced a grid planning report in 10 minutes during a live demonstration.

Summary

China Southern Power Grid presented a suite of AI-driven power technologies at the 2026 World AI Conference and the High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance in Shanghai, centered on systems that combine electricity, carbon and computing. The company’s MegaWatt Yunrui, an AI-native distribution network planning agent, generated a distribution network planning report with risk assessment and grid topology recommendations in 10 minutes during a live demonstration and was named one of the conference’s Top 10 Signature Exhibits, the only project from a central state-owned enterprise to receive that recognition. CSG said China’s Government Work Report included coordination between computing infrastructure and power systems for the first time this year, framing the effort as part of a broader push to build a fully proprietary technology stack for next-generation power grids. That stack includes power-sector foundation models, intelligent robots and digital infrastructure, with MegaWatt Multimodal 2.0 serving as the core foundation model and PowerAtomOS acting as a proprietary unified operating system for power-sector IoT (internet-connected devices) equipment.

Terms & Concepts
  • AI-native distribution network planning agent: An AI system built specifically to automate power grid planning tasks.
  • foundation model: A large base AI model adapted for specialized industry use.
  • IoT: Internet-connected devices that collect, share and process operational data.