Hong Kong media analysis: Why is the "East Digital West Calculation" project that is very important?

The Hong Kong Asia Times Online July 4th article, the original title: for the "digital China" integration computing power from green energy targets to promoting the development of underdeveloped regions in the western region, China's "East Digital and West Calculation" project aims to achieve multiple goals. In February this year, the China National Development and Reform Commission and other departments agreed to start the construction of 8 national computing power hubs and planned 10 national data centers clusters. Among them, eight national computing power hubs will be built on 8 places such as Beijing -Tianjin -Hebei, Yangtze River Delta, Chengdu -Chongqing Economic Circle, Guizhou, Gansu, and Ningxia. This is consistent with China. Essence

The picture shows the unveiling ceremony of the National Hub of the National Integrated Computing Power Network (Ningxia Zhongwei). Picture source: IC Photo

Why is the "East Digital West Calculation" project that is very important? This can be seen from its announcement: First of all, it is expected to improve China's comprehensive computing power; secondly, it aims to promote China's green energy goals; third, it is important for China's "Fourteen Five -Year Plan" digital economic development plan ". Significance; Finally, it may help China to build a high -tech army.

Let us analyze these four goals one by one. First of all, China's computing power demand is increasing day by day. According to data from the China National Development and Reform Commission in February, China's comprehensive computing power has reached 1.3 trillion floating -point operations per second (the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology revealed that the total scale of China's computing power has exceeded 1.4 trillion floating -point operations. Note). The "East Digital and West Calculation" project is expected to drive the integrated and coordinated development of China's computing power.

Secondly, the number of computing power network hubs in China is not balanced, mostly in the east. The western region has abundant renewable resources, which contains the potential of the eastern computing power needs through the construction data center. Therefore, the "East Digital West Calculation" project aims to transfer the relevant load from the east to the west. This transfer will also help China to achieve carbon neutrality.

Third, the "East Digital West Calculation" project will be supplemented by China's "Fourteenth Five -Year Plan" digital economic development plan. The latter is committed to accelerating the construction of information network software and national comprehensive big data center system to coordinate computing capabilities, encryption technology and data. "East Digital and West Calculation" laid the foundation for achieving the goal.

In the end, the Chinese army attaches great importance to integration and enhanced computing power. Therefore, the "East Digital and West Calculation" project is likely to help China to create a national infrastructure required to achieve the PLA's modern goals. (Author Svoya Mamada Samal, etc., translated by Wang Huicong)

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