From May 21 to 22, the National Modern Facility Agriculture Construction Promotion Alliance & Industry Conference was grandly held in Xiongan New Area, Hebei Province. Guided by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and hosted by the National Modern Facility Agriculture Construction Promotion Alliance, this landmark event serves as a national bellwether for facility agriculture development under China’s 15th Five-Year Plan. Nearly 500 representatives from agricultural authorities, top-tier research institutes and leading industrial enterprises nationwide gathered to explore high-quality, green, low-carbon, intelligent and efficient development paths for facility agriculture. The conference also acts as an authoritative core platform to roll out advanced agricultural technologies and innovative models across the country.
As an industry leader specializing in phase-change material temperature control systems for greenhouses, Zhongnong Mayer (Beijing) Agricultural Science Research Institute was invited to attend relying on its profound R&D strengths in PCM phase-change energy storage technologies. Zhang Jian, Deputy Dean of the institute, delivered a keynote speech entitled Waste Heat Storage from Computing Resources plus Passive Agricultural Temperature Control Systems: Forging a New Low-carbon Temperature Control Landscape for Modern Agriculture. He presented the company’s core technological innovations and low-carbon agricultural solutions to all participants, reflecting its authoritative standing endorsed by both the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the national industry alliance.



The conference released a batch of pioneering scalable technologies, compact practical innovations and applicable scenarios of newly-developed products. Notably, the facility agriculture solution based on waste heat recovery from data center computing loads was shortlisted into the national key promotion catalogue. The recognition proves wide industry approval for the cross-industry integration of computing and agriculture, which perfectly aligns with Zhongnong Mayer’s core focus on PCM development and commercialization. Inclusion on the official promotion list enables Zhongnong Mayer’s phase-change temperature control technologies to be fully rolled out across domestic modern facility agriculture via official channels of the ministry and alliance, marking a critical milestone as the enterprise expands its footprint from regional pilot demonstrations to nationwide strategic deployment.



During his speech, Deputy Dean Zhang elaborated on Zhongnong Mayer’s integrated solution combining data center waste heat storage and passive phase-change temperature control for agriculture. Built upon the company’s self-developed mature PCM core technology, the solution realizes zero-carbon circular agriculture by recycling stable residual heat from data centers. Making full use of hub resources under the national East Data West Computing initiative, the system efficiently captures round-the-clock low-grade waste heat generated by data centers. Matched with proprietary PCM temperature-control products, the system stores solar power and waste heat in daytime and releases heat steadily overnight without extra power input. It drastically narrows diurnal temperature gaps inside greenhouses, prevents crop frost damage, realizes passive precise temperature regulation and addresses the long-standing high energy consumption pain point across the industry.


The Huailai Zero-carbon Agriculture Demonstration Park serves as the flagship benchmark project, which integrates data center waste heat with PCM energy storage systems to supply clean heating for greenhouses and adjacent residential communities simultaneously. The project has achieved remarkable operational results with an overall energy saving rate of up to 60%, cutting substantial standard coal consumption and CO₂ emissions annually. Currently, the combined PCM & waste heat temperature control model features strong adaptability and replicability for diverse facility agriculture, including solar greenhouses, multi-span greenhouses, aquaculture farms and livestock breeding houses.


Being invited to the conference and having core technologies selected for national promotion further consolidates Zhongnong Mayer’s leading position in agricultural phase-change temperature control. It lays a solid authoritative foundation for the group to deepen market layout in South China, expand nationwide project cooperation and boost industry-university-research collaboration. Furthermore, the group’s proprietary innovations drive the low-carbon transformation of facility agriculture across South China and the whole country.



Standing at the starting point of the 15th Five-Year Plan implementation, Zhongnong Mayer will capitalize on national opportunities including large-scale renovation of domestic facility agriculture and quality upgrading projects for southern Xinjiang’s agricultural infrastructure. Rooted in core PCM phase-change storage technologies, the enterprise will keep advancing R&D on passive temperature control combining computing waste heat and phase-change heat storage. It will accelerate large-scale replication of its technical solutions in solar greenhouses, multi-span greenhouses, aquaculture and livestock breeding sites nationwide, facilitating the comprehensive upgrade of domestic facility agriculture toward low-carbon, intelligent, high-efficiency, stable and profitable development, and jointly build a brand-new industrial ecosystem for low-carbon phase-change temperature control in modern agriculture.