- Ant Group’s enterprise arm is tokenising US$8.4 billion worth of Chinese energy infrastructure, including data from 15 million solar panels and wind turbines, on its proprietary AntChain blockchain.
- The company has already used tokenisation to finance three clean energy projects, raising US$42 million, and is now exploring listing these tokens on offshore exchanges to generate liquidity, pending regulatory approval.
- This initiative is part of a broader strategy to use tokenisation to bypass traditional financial intermediaries, reduce costs, and accelerate funding for infrastructure projects.
Ant Group’s enterprise arm is moving to tokenise billions of dollars in China’s energy infrastructure on its proprietary blockchain, according to a Bloomberg report.
More specifically, Ant Digital Technologies is in the process of placing 60 billion yuan, around US$8.4B (AU$12.7B) worth of power assets on its AntChain platform.
The firm has already linked operational data from more than 15 million energy devices, including wind turbines and solar panels, to the network, recording power output and outage metrics.
The company completed three financing deals tied to clean energy projects through tokenisation, raising about 300 million yuan, or US$42M (AU$63M). Tokens representing these assets are expected to follow.
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Ant Digital is also considering whether to list tokenised assets on offshore decentralised exchanges to generate liquidity (though that would require regulatory approval).
Ant Group’s Purpose-Built Jovay Layer-2 Launches in Testnet
Tokenisation offers issuers the ability to bypass loan officers and underwriters, reduce costs, accelerate funding, and open participation in infrastructure projects to smaller investors. Ant Group launched Jovay, a Layer 2 blockchain designed for real-world asset transactions for those reasons. The testnet went live in July 2025, with a mainnet rollout planned for September.
Ant Group has also been pursuing stablecoin initiatives. A Bloomberg report in July said the company was working with Circle to integrate USDC into its blockchain platform, while its international division has been applying for licenses tied to stablecoin operations and using the infrastructure for cross-border payments.
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