Recently, the overall layout design of the national integrated big data center system has been completed, and the “counting East and counting West” project has been officially launched. The reporter of economic information daily learned that with the clear starting area of the eight hub node clusters, Sichuan, Guizhou, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia and other relevant regions are stepping up the layout and construction, introducing large and super large data centers, and providing support in terms of electricity price, capital and tax reduction, so as to build a super large-scale data center industrial cluster. At the same time, many leading enterprises have also accelerated the land acquisition and construction of hub nodes, focused on the green and intensive direction, and accelerated the layout of new computing infrastructure.
welcome machine in the starting area of hub node cluster
Entering the western (Chengdu) Science City, Chengdu Supercomputing Center, which was put into operation in September 2020, has filled the gap of supercomputing system in the western region. At present, the computing power of Chengdu Supercomputing Center is as high as 1 billion times / s, providing computing services for more than 600 users in 30 cities and serving the construction of 12 national subject projects such as quantum biological information system.
With the official launch of the “counting East and counting West” project, Chengdu Supercomputing Center will usher in a new round of development opportunities. Liu Jie, Secretary of the Party group and director of the New Economic Bureau of Tianfu new area, Sichuan, told the reporter of the economic information daily that in the “counting from the east to the west” project, the Tianfu Data Center cluster planned to be established by Chengdu Chongqing hub will start in Shuangliu District, Pidu District and Jianyang City of Chengdu, and Chengdu Supercomputing Center will play an important role in the starting area. “We should not only aim at advantageous tracks such as big data and artificial intelligence, but also lay a solid foundation for basic tracks such as basic software, plan and layout future tracks such as metauniverse and brain science, focus on the gathering of national strategic scientific and technological forces, and speed up the formation of the ability to support the strategic mission of the project.” Liu Jie said.
Recently, the national development and Reform Commission, the central network information office and other four departments jointly issued a notice, agreeing to start the construction of National Computing hub nodes in 8 places, including Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, the Yangtze River Delta, Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Dawan District, Chengdu and Chongqing, Inner Mongolia, Guizhou, Gansu and Ningxia, and planned 10 national data center clusters. So far, the eight hub nodes have been approved, and the starting area boundary of each hub node cluster is clear.
Among them, Beijing Tianjin Hebei hub plans to set up Zhangjiakou Data Center cluster, and the starting areas of the cluster are Huailai County, Zhangbei County and Xuanhua District of Zhangjiakou City. Focusing on the data center cluster, we will pay close attention to optimizing the layout of computing power, actively undertake the real-time computing power needs of Beijing and other places, guide the warm and cold business to migrate to the west, and build a real-time computing power center radiating North China, Northeast China and even the whole country. Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Dawan District hub plans to set up Shaoguan Data Center cluster, and the boundary of the starting area is Shaoguan high tech Zone. We will optimize the layout of computing power around the Shaoguan Data Center cluster, actively undertake the real-time computing power needs of Guangzhou, Shenzhen and other places, guide the warm and cold business to migrate to the west, and build a real-time computing power center radiating South China and even the whole country.
“The approval of the construction of the starting area is an important start for the implementation of the” counting from the east to the west “. The instructions of each starting area correspond to some construction objectives and represent the future construction direction of the cluster and hub nodes.” He Baohong, director of the Institute of cloud computing and big data of the Chinese Academy of communications and communications, told the reporter of the economic information daily that through the guidance of data flow, capital flow, talent flow and technology flow will be driven. “Counting from east to west” will not only help open up the main artery of digital industry in eastern and Western China, but also realize the rational layout of a series of ecosystems such as digital resources, digital computing power, digital industry and digital services, It will also inject a steady stream of new momentum into the development of China’s digital economy.
focus on “green intensive” layout data center
With the official and comprehensive launch of the “counting from the east to the west” project, Sichuan, Guizhou, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia and other relevant regions are accelerating the deployment, aiming at greening and intensification, and accelerating the introduction of large and super large data centers.
More than 20 kilometers south of Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, there is a huge landscape stone with four big words on it – “China Cloud Valley”, which is the nationally famous big data cloud computing information Park in Helingeer new area. With Inner Mongolia selected as the national hub node of the national integrated computing network, Helinger new area is accelerating the construction of the national northern computing center of “counting from the east to the west”.
“Up to now, the three operators have invested about 6 billion yuan in the park, completed and put into use 11 machine buildings and 7 machine buildings under construction. By the end of 2021, the installed capacity of servers will exceed 1 million.” The relevant person in charge of Helingeer New Area told the economic information daily that more than 100 application enterprises such as Huawei, Alibaba, Baidu, Tencent and Inspur have settled in the park, and more than 400 upstream and downstream enterprises have been involved. In the next step, efforts will be made to introduce major banks and various financial institutions to layout and build data centers and build IDC Industrial Ecological clusters integrating application carrying, data storage, disaster recovery and backup services.
Many places took advantage of the trend to clarify the next construction objectives, and supported the construction of relevant projects through “real gold and silver”.
Sichuan will promote the implementation of the national “digital computing from the east to the west” project, promote the green development of Chengdu artificial intelligence big data center, Deyang Tianfu Digital Industrial Park and China Ya’an big data Industrial Park, and cultivate national data center clusters; Ningxia has recently introduced new measures to promote the rapid development of the big data industry. It will actively introduce big data, cloud computing and other enterprises with large-scale foreign investment and leading technology to settle down. It is stipulated that the settled enterprises can be given financial support of up to 2 million yuan to 3 million yuan according to 20% to 30% of the actual investment within three years.
Leading enterprises, including the three major operators, have also made it clear that they will focus on the direction of green intensity and improve the layout of new computing infrastructure. China Telecom Corporation Limited(601728) said that it will further build a new type of information infrastructure with cloud network integration, safety and green, and speed up the land acquisition and construction of eight hub nodes. It is expected that by the end of the 14th five year plan, the scale of data center racks will account for 85% in relevant areas; The ratio between the East and the West has been adjusted from the current 7:3 to 6:4 at the end of the 14th five year plan China United Network Communications Limited(600050) said it would further optimize the “5 + 4 + 31 + X” resource layout, including accelerating the construction of a new data center with high computing power, high security, green and low-carbon at the “4” National East digital hub nodes in Beijing Tianjin Hebei, the Yangtze River Delta, the Great Bay area of Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao and Chengdu Chongqing.
need to continuously improve the policy mechanism
In the view of the industry, from the construction of data center to the cross domain circulation of data elements, the realization of “counting from the east to the west” is a systematic topic. In addition to continuing to consolidate the technical strength such as infrastructure, network and computing power, policies and mechanisms need to be further improved.
He Baohong said that the “East digital West computing” project puts forward high requirements for data center design, pue, network operation and maintenance, etc. leading enterprises that meet relevant standards and have strong comprehensive strength need to fully grasp the market opportunity of “East digital West computing”, build a new data center with high technology, high computing power, high energy efficiency and high security, and form a demonstration and leading role. Data center enterprises need to explore more forms of investment and financing, and strengthen technical and industrial cooperation with the upstream and downstream of the data center industrial chain, so as to further expand market investment.
At the same time, focusing on accelerating the rational layout and green intensification of national data centers, relevant policies also need to strengthen guidance and improve guarantee. He Baohong said that the data center is the “infrastructure of infrastructure”. The bearing and operation of applications such as AI, cloud computing and blockchain all need the bottom support of the data center. At the policy level, we should provide practical support for the construction of the data center, ensure the land, electricity, water and talents of the data center, and provide assistance for the construction of hub nodes and clusters.
Mao Tao, director of the International Cooperation Department of the international economic and technological cooperation center of the Ministry of industry and information technology and Deputy Secretary General of China Green Supply Chain Alliance, told the reporter of Economic Information Daily that based on the resource endowment of the western region, it is necessary to focus the data center on areas with large clean energy production, rich water resources, appropriate temperature and certain development foundation; At the same time, we will raise the access threshold for the construction of green data centers, give priority to supporting national green data centers with leading energy consumption, and comprehensively improve the green and low-carbon development level of data centers.
