Guizhou Province Accelerates Implementation of “East Data & West Computing” Project to Support Economic Growth

Reported by Huanqiu.com

in the age of intelligence The information acts as “core asset” in driving economic development It is also an important engine for economic development in Guizhou Province.

over the past decade Guizhou has set up a number of ultra-large data centers for leading companies such as China Mobile, China Unicom (China Telecom), China Telecom, Huawei. (Huawei), Tencent (Tencent) and Apple (Apple) to seriously develop the big data industry. Big data-related enterprises such as Esgyn, ZK-Vision, and Pilot Information have made rapid progress. And this industry group has continuously released the driving force.

Big data has driven Guizhou’s economy to grow rapidly. The statistical data shows that The province’s average economic growth rate was among the highest in China in the 10-year period from 2011 to 2021, with an increase of 248.8 percent and gross domestic product (GDP) of Guizhou Province. In 2022, it was 2.01646 trillion yuan, an increase of 70.60 billion yuan from the level of 2021.

In 2022, Guizhou Province officially became one of the national computing hub nodes in the “East Data & West Computing” project, and Gui’an City became one of the 10 data center clusters. China’s national level As for the construction of the digital economy innovation development zone Guizhou is accelerating the implementation of new-generation digital infrastructure construction such as data centers, computing networks and 5G, focusing on the “East Data & West Computing” project to optimize the industrial layout of the data center. continually

In the field of data centers at the end of March Guizhou Province has a total of 18 large and very large data centers located within the province. Among them are 8 very large data centers, with a combined server capacity of more than 2.25 million units and a rack loading rate of 60.53%.

In terms of information infrastructure, at the end of March A total of 2,362 new 5G base stations have been installed in Guizhou, with the total number of 5G base stations reaching 87,000, and 1.916 million kilometers of fiber cables have been laid.

At the end of April The core computing base for the first phase of the National Computing Center (Guizhou) node in the National Integrated Computing Network has entered the final debugging stage and is preparing to Launched soon, it will become the window of computing power in Guizhou Province. Along with providing high-quality processing services for relevant enterprises in the province. or even in areas across the country

In addition, Guizhou Province is also promoting two major projects in Gui’an New City, namely NetEase Data Center and Midea Cloud Data Center. The two projects, with an investment of more than 1 billion yuan, will enhance the construction capacity of the “East Data & West Computing” project and lay the foundation for national computing support.

The foundation of the big data industry layout over the past several years. As a result, the investment situation of various industries in Guizhou has continued to grow. Data from the Guizhou Big Data Bureau showed that in the first quarter of 2023, Guizhou Province had invested 8.078 billion yuan in big data, including investment for “East Data & West Computing” project in operation, worth 1.499 billion yuan

Guizhou province prepares to organize activities “Construction Year of Big Data Projects” in all areas across the province this year. It aims to complete a 20 billion yuan investment project in big data. and launched more than 200 strong growth digital economy projects to create a conducive environment for the development of the digital economy.

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Caption – Tencent Seven Star Data Center in Guizhou Province (Source: IC photo)

Source: PR Newswire/InfoQuest