Kortrong Group Positions Bortron OPC Community as an Infrastructure-Level Fulcrum for AI-Energy Startups

On August 28, the Bortron OPC Community launch and One-Stop Service Center certification ceremony was held at Bortron Seed Startup Hi-Tech Park in Zhuhai. The event drew government officials, industry experts, academic leaders, and partner representatives for discussions on industrial opportunities, organizational transformation, and deployment practices at the convergence of energy and AI.

01 Trend Outlook: The Energy-AI Convergence Creates Startup Opportunities

The Bortron OPC Community and One-Stop Service Center are designed to build an industry-focused innovation community and enterprise service platform oriented toward “AI + New Energy,” creating a comprehensive enablement ecosystem covering market access, capital, technology, business models, and computing resources.

During the discussion session, Mr. Li Yongfu, Chairman of Kortrong Group and founder of Bortron Seed Startup Hi-Tech Park, shared his views on the relationship between AI startups and the energy-AI synergy. He noted that organizations born in the AI era are characterized by a lightweight, “nebula-like” structure — capable of delivering productivity far beyond their size by deploying specialized AI agents within the open OPC ecosystem.

He put it simply: Core Talent × Energy × AI. Core talent drives innovation. AI computing scales organizational impact. Energy is the physical foundation for computing. The hardest physical constraints on AI startups, he argued, are power and compute. Bortron Seed Startup Hi-Tech Park, he explained, is Kortrong Group's infrastructure platform for the AI-era startup community — an infrastructure-level fulcrum designed to support the next generation of energy-AI ventures.

02 Low-Carbon Smart Campus Practice: A Model for Energy-Empowered Innovation

Bortron also demonstrates Kortrong Group's low-carbon campus solutions in practice.

Kortrong has deployed a digital energy management system at the park, integrating IoT sensors, intelligent building systems, and AI algorithms. Facilities include rooftop solar, energy storage, EV charging, high-efficiency water-cooled HVAC, and intelligent building BA systems. The entire system is visualized on a digital twin platform, enabling dynamic monitoring, real-time alerts, and coordinated operations and maintenance.

The system delivers value in three ways: first, building a user-side multi-energy supply system that increases green power consumption; second, making campus energy efficiency measurable, visible, and controllable, with quantified energy consumption and carbon emission data, while significantly improving O&M efficiency; and third, reducing energy costs through peak-valley arbitrage and automated control.

03 Ecosystem Incubation: From Campus to Industry Gateway

Bortron represents Kortrong Group's move to extend its INV+EPC+F+O full-chain capabilities — from group-level execution to the front end of the industry — across its three core business pillars: energy storage, smart microgrids, and AIDC. It is a critical node for business evolution, talent aggregation, and ecosystem output.

The park extends three core capabilities from Kortrong Group:

● Ecosystem partnerships — teams can join as value chain partners, co-develop scenario-based projects, or take on subcontract R&D work

● Market access — Kortrong Group opens its global customer network across storage, smart microgrids, and AIDC, enabling teams to co-bid for projects and expand product applications

● Capital access — Kortrong Group has established a dedicated incubation fund for early-stage investment in high-potential teams. Startups in the park benefit from brand endorsement as “pre-portfolio” companies, with support in securing additional investment from financial institutions

Traditional energy players have deployment scenarios but lack innovation projects. Tech parks have physical space but lack real industry context. Bortron bridges the two — case demonstrations, project incubation, and business conversion all happen in the same place. This is something ordinary smart campuses or incubators struggle to achieve alone.

In the coming years, Bortron aims to attract more startups in the energy and computing space, creating strong collaboration with Kortrong's existing businesses in storage, AIDC, and energy management — and offering a replicable model for green computing and energy innovation in the Greater Bay Area.