In an interview with local officials, it was emphasized that under the leadership of General Secretary Xi Jinping, the key task of advancing a new type of industrialization is paramount in the broader agenda of constructing a strong nation and realizing national rejuvenation through Chinese-style modernization. Guizhou Province is fully committed to high-quality development, focusing intently on new industrialization, and is making significant strides in establishing its “Six Major Industrial Bases” to achieve its ambitious “3533” goals, laying a solid foundation for the province’s practical implementation of modernization.
In collaboration with Guizhou Daily and Contemporary Pioneer, a series titled “Towards a New Guizhou: Six Major Industrial Bases” was initiated, highlighting how Guizhou is embarking on this transformative journey. In the third installment, we explore Guizhou’s efforts to create a “national-level computing power support base.”
To illustrate the rapid advancements in data transmission, a normal blink of an eye takes about 100 to 400 milliseconds, whereas data transfer from Guiyang to Hangzhou only takes 16 milliseconds—just 10 milliseconds to Guangzhou and Shenzhen.
Notably, last year, China Mobile established the world’s first 400G computing power channel in Guiyang, showcasing what has been termed the “Guizhou Speed.”
Since 2014, when big data became a strategic priority for the province, Guizhou has emerged as the country’s first comprehensive big data experimental zone and a national hub for an integrated computing power network. The region has thus leveraged its unique environmental advantages, positioning itself as a prime location for computing power development.
Computing power is not only a core productivity factor but also a new form of productive force. In recent years, Guizhou has capitalized on the “East Data West Computing” initiative, emphasizing computing power, empowerment, and industry, all in a bid to establish a robust national computing power support base.
Building a Strong Computing Power Infrastructure
The province benefits from a cool climate, abundant energy resources, and stable geological structures, which collectively provide a green and reliable foundation for the safe and stable operation of data centers. As of August, Guizhou’s total data storage capacity reached 21.45EB, with a computing capacity exceeding 43 Eflops—over 90% of which is allocated to intelligent computing. This makes it one of the regions with the largest and most powerful domestically sourced intelligent computing resources in the country.
The growth in computing capacity is underpinned by increasingly solid infrastructure. With significant investments from China Mobile, China Telecom, Huawei Cloud, and Tencent among others, Guizhou is home to 19 data centers, including 17 that are classified as super-large, making it one of the regions with the highest concentration of super-large data centers globally.
“Currently, Guizhou is actively responding to national development strategies by constructing the largest domestic single intelligent computing cluster, with over 80% of its operations being self-controlled. In addition to expansions by Huawei and major telecom operators, companies like Tencent, Midea, and State Power Investment Corporation are also deploying intelligent computing capabilities, fostering a multi-faceted development of computing power,” said Jiang Yang, Deputy Director of Guizhou’s Big Data Development Administration.
Establishing a Computing Power Platform
During this year’s Digital Expo, Guizhou’s Big Data Group launched the newly developed “Dayan” computing power scheduling platform, which highlights the dynamic ecosystem of computing power in the province. Built and operated by Guizhou Power Technology Co., the platform offers seven core capabilities including power identification, measurement, and intelligent task distribution.
To date, the platform has brought together 33 computing power service providers with 496 demand-side entities, offering a manageable computing resource capacity of 4.5 Eflops, along with a storage capacity of 980PB and bandwidth of 860GB, culminating in a total transaction volume of 2.787 billion Yuan.
“We are not only positioning the ‘Dayan’ platform as a core node but are also actively expanding regional nodes across the country,” explained Li Jian, General Manager of the Marketing Department at Guizhou Power Technology Co. “In the first half of this year, we customized the ‘Shanghai Model Community Intelligent Computing Service Platform’ for the Zhangjiang Group in Shanghai, providing efficient, convenient, and cost-effective computing resources for numerous companies in the fields of biomedicine, advanced manufacturing, smart production, and AI applications within the Zhangjiang Industrial Park.”
Strengthening the Digital Infrastructure
Aiming to enhance digital connectivity, Guizhou currently links to 40 major cities with an outbound bandwidth of 49,500 Gbps. The province has also constructed a three-tier latency framework, ensuring that one-way network latency within clusters stays under 3 ms, with 10 ms reach to cities like Chengdu, Chongqing, and Shenzhen, and within 20 ms to areas such as the Yangtze River Delta and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei.
“Moving forward, Guizhou Power will focus on common industrial needs, continuously providing mature products and high-quality services from the Dayan computing platform nationwide, further establishing the ‘Guizhou Model’ and contributing to the development of the computing landscape,” Li Jian added.
Empowering Diverse Industries
Sound and lights filled the air at the Guizhou Supercomputing Center located in Gui’an New District, where numerous servers operate at high speeds, delivering computing power to various regions.
“We currently have over 600 servers, with peak computing capabilities reaching 130 million billion operations per second, primarily serving the film rendering and scientific research sectors,” said Peng Benqian, head of the Technology Development Department at Gui’an Innovation Company. The center has supported over 120 film projects, including major productions like “The Wandering Earth 2” and “The Battle at Lake Changjin,” and serviced more than 3,000 scientific research projects.
In Guizhou, the application of computing power to boost enterprise development is a continuous reality. For example, at Guizhou Tyre Co., an AI system conducts quality inspections of tires in just two seconds, while a tire circle can be quickly processed and brought offline in just 25 seconds.
At the Guizhou Meteorological High-Performance Computing Center, 381 domestic servers run seamlessly, providing accurate forecasts for days ahead.
From climate forecasting to film production, and across the full spectrum of tourism and digital agriculture, Guizhou is actively exploring and leveraging diverse applications of computing power, contributing significantly to various sectors.
With an increasingly firm foundation in computing power and improved resource allocation, Guizhou is ready to seize opportunities in artificial intelligence, striving to occupy key heights in intelligent computing, industrial model cultivation, and data training. Through these efforts, the province aims to push forward breakthroughs in computing power, empowerment, and industry.
By harnessing computing power to unlock the vibrant potential of Guizhou, the province is set to navigate the digital sea, diligently writing a new chapter of high-quality development.
