Telecoms start work on cloud computing park in Guizhou

Want China Times, Xinhua 2013-12-18

A service representative sits in front of the China
Mobile's company logo. (File photo/Xinhua)

China Mobile and China Unicom announced on Monday the beginning of construction on two cloud computing parks with investment totaling 7 billion yuan (US$1.15 billion) in southwest China's Guizhou province.

The two cloud computing parks will be located in the Gui'an New Area of Guizhou, where China Telecom already began construction of a similar park in October.

China Unicom, one of China's main telecom operators, plans to invest 5 billion yuan (US$823.5 million) in the park, which will cover around 33 hectares of land.

China Mobile, China's largest telecom operator, plans to build a cloud computing park covering an area of 18 hectares with 2 billion yuan (US$329.4 million) in investment.

The Gui'an new area includes land in Guiyang, the provincial capital, and the neighboring city of Anshun. It is one of five key new areas marked off in the country's 12th five-year plan for 2011-2015 to promote development in western regions.