According to Bloomberg, Ant Digital Technologies has linked more than 60 billion yuan (about $8.5 billion) of energy infrastructure to its AntChain blockchain platform, in what reports call a major push to turn physical power assets into tradable digital records.
The move ties generators and charging equipment to a blockchain so their output and outages can be recorded in a way that can’t be changed.
Scale And Scope Of The Blockchain Project
Ant’s system already connects about 15 million devices, including wind turbines and solar panels. More than 9,000 charging units are on the ledger as well.
Based on the report, the company has also tied the work to Ant’s Whale blockchain, which handles a share of the more than $1 trillion that Ant’s global payments network processed last year. The scale puts this effort well beyond many pilot programs elsewhere.
A unit of Ant Group is quietly making inroads to link over $8.4 billion worth of energy infrastructure and other real-world power assets to its blockchain, according to sources https://t.co/5jCqXZgnqN
— Bloomberg (@business) September 9, 2025
Ant Has Backed Tokens With Real Assets
The project does more than log data. Tokens have been issued against some of the linked assets, and those tokens were used to raise money.
Financing of roughly 300 million yuan (about $42 million) has been arranged for three clean energy projects under the new setup.
In earlier deals, Ant helped Longshine Technology Group raise 100 million yuan, and later arranged over 200 million yuan by connecting photovoltaic assets to the chain for GCL Energy Technology.
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Tokenization And Funding Details
Reports explain that these tokens represent slices of ownership or revenue streams from the projects. By offering tokens directly, operators can tap investors without going through traditional loan officers or underwriters.
Jack Ma is a Chinese business magnate and philanthropist, and the co-founder of Alibaba Group, a multinational technology conglomerate. Source: Businessabc
That can speed up capital flows for project developers. Executives are also weighing whether to let the tokens be traded on offshore exchanges to create more liquidity, but those plans hinge on regulators granting permission.
Where It Fits Globally
The initiative joins a broader trend of putting real-world assets on blockchains. Companies like Securitize have worked on equities and bonds, while other teams focus on tokenized Treasuries and fractional property ownership.
Ant’s focus on energy adds a large, infrastructure-heavy example to the list. The technology could make it easier for smaller investors to own a piece of projects that were once accessible only to big institutions.
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