What Is Xiaomi's Dark Factory? Inside Beijing's 24/7 AI-Operated Smartphone Plant
Published at : 14 Dec 2025
What Is Xiaomi's Dark Factory? Inside Beijing's 24/7 AI-Operated Smartphone Plant
Explore Xiaomi's groundbreaking "dark factory" in Changping, Beijing—a fully automated manufacturing facility that operates 24/7 without human intervention. Leveraging advanced AI, robotics, and IoT technologies, this 81,000-square-meter plant assembles one smartphone every second, achieving an annual production capacity of 10 million devices.
The factory's self-developed AI systems manage every aspect of production, from raw material handling to final assembly and quality control. An autonomous dust-removal system maintains a pristine environment, ensuring high-quality output.
Xiaomi invested approximately $330 million (2.4 billion yuan) into this facility, which is certified as a national smart manufacturing benchmark enterprise. It primarily produces Xiaomi's foldable smartphones, such as the MIX Fold 4 and MIX Flip.
This "dark factory" exemplifies the future of manufacturing, highlighting the potential of AI and automation to revolutionize production processes.
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