Guian New Area's achievements honored at IDC annual ceremony

China Mobile Guizhou Data Center in Guian New Area is a significant project in Guizhou's new infrastructure construction. [Photo/guiyang.gov.cn]

Guian New Area in Southwest China's Guizhou province won awards for its achievements in new infrastructure construction at the 15th China International Data Corporation (IDC) Industry Annual Ceremony held in Beijing on Dec 9.

China has called for accelerated efforts to develop new infrastructure. The new projects differ from traditional infrastructure projects – such as railways, highways and airports – and include infrastructure focused on digital transformation, intelligent upgrades and innovative development.

The national-level new urban area plans to build itself into one of the largest big data clusters globally over the next few years due to its broad push to develop new infrastructure to stoke a new growth engine for the region.

According to Yang Yilin, a staff member of the area's big data industry and development bureau, Guian has gathered 14 large data centers of the world's leading tech companies, including Huawei, Tencent and Apple.

By 2025, the area will be built into a world-leading data center cluster with 4 million servers, and its investment in fixed assets will exceed 40 billion yuan ($6.12 billion).