Why do the data centers of Apple, Huawei, Tencent and the three major operators all take a fancy to Guizhou?

In addition to Apple, Huawei, Tencent, Alibaba, China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom and other important enterprises have established data in Guizhou. Because in terms of power cost and safety, Guizhou is the best choice. Ren Zeng, CEO of Huawei, said that after the company was built and operated for one year, it could save hundreds of millions of dollars in electricity bills.

First of all, let's look at Tencent's big data center, Tencent Guizhou Qixing Green Data Center, with an internal area of over 30,000 square meters. It is hard to imagine that this lump will eventually be built into Tencent's big data center.

Why is the data center in Guizhou? Because there are a lot of computer equipment in the data center, it faces three major challenges-cooling, power and security.

1, the data center will emit huge heat during use, and the data center is the heat dissipation equipment of Wuxi Station, and the power consumption accounts for about 40% of the total power consumption. Therefore, it requires huge electricity costs. The biggest feature of the data center is high energy consumption, and half of the electricity bill is air conditioning.

2. Guizhou has a suitable climate, which can save electricity. The average annual temperature in Guiyang is 15. Using natural wind to cool down can save 9 million kwh of electricity every year.

Electricity in Guizhou is extremely cheap. Guizhou is one of the provinces with the lowest electricity price, and is rich in hydropower and thermal power resources, so it is called the battery of China Southern Power Grid. For example, the electricity bill in Beijing costs one yuan an hour, while that in Guiyang costs only 40 cents.

4. Guizhou is vast and sparsely populated, and there are no geological disasters. Hardware equipment is most afraid of geological disasters, which will not only cause hardware damage, but also cause data loss. However, the frequency of natural disasters in Guizhou is very low, and there is no threat of earthquakes, typhoons and floods.

Ren once said: Big data is in Guizhou. After it is completed and put into operation, it can save hundreds of millions of electricity bills a year.

Do you think big data in Guizhou can be developed?

The disadvantages of Guizhou

In the early years, Guizhou developed very slowly, and many places were primitive. This is because the terrain in Guizhou is very rugged and complicated, with plateaus, hills and mountains accounting for 87%. There is a saying that describes our Guizhou, "It will not be sunny for three days, the land will not be three feet flat, and people will not be three taels of silver". The degree of poverty and the hardship of the environment can be imagined.

Traffic development

Many years ago, there was a popular saying in Guizhou: If you want to be rich, build roads first!

1926 Guizhou built the first expressway.

The first car was bought by 1927.

1949 The total mileage of Guizhou highway is less than 4,000 kilometers, and the actual mileage is less than half.

1964, Guizhou realizes county-to-county highway.

The construction of Guiyang-Huangguoshu high-grade highway 1986 started, which started the construction of high-grade highway in the whole province.

In 2007, the mileage of expressway was only 924 kilometers.

More than 2065438+030km, 2065438+044002km.

At the end of 20 15, the mileage of expressway in Guizhou exceeded 5100km, reaching 5128km.

20 15, at the end of the 12th Five-Year Plan, Guizhou took the lead in realizing the "county-to-county expressway" in western 12 provinces (cities, districts), and it is also one of the few provinces in China.

Thanks to the strong support of the policy, we passed the high-speed rail in Guizhou! 20 14 12.26, Guiyang-Guangzhou high-speed railway opened to traffic; 20 17 12.28, Guiyang Metro 1 Line is put into operation, and Line 2 will be opened soon. By 2022, Guizhou will realize the city-to-city high-speed railway, and any administrative city in Guizhou can reach Guiyang directly within 1 hour!

Disadvantages become advantages.

It takes only two hours from Guizhou to Guangdong, and many things have changed! At that time, due to the topography and inconvenient transportation, many people could not get out and many people could not get in. When the biggest obstacle of traffic is solved, this thing will change! Many disadvantages in those years have turned into advantages, but Guizhou's wet and cold climate and underground caves with stepped landforms are more conducive to the placement of large servers. Coupled with the cheap land, many large enterprises are naturally very willing to invest. After all, who will have a problem with money? Giants such as Apple, Huawei and Tencent can certainly understand this economic account better than ordinary people!

Again: if you want to be rich, build roads first! As long as the traffic is solved, many problems will be easy to handle!

Before marching into Guizhou, Ma Yun said: If you missed Guangdong and Zhejiang 30 years ago, please don't miss Guizhou today?

From this perspective, Guizhou is a place suitable for the development of big data, so that everyone can set up a data center there.

First, abundant hydropower.

The technology center wants more than just personnel technology. After all, machines are dead and people are flexible. As long as the rate of return is touching, talents can be recruited in remote places.

Therefore, when considering the technology center, we should consider how to maximize the technology center itself. Earlier, a person in charge said that it was originally planned to build the technology center in Shanghai, but it was satisfactory to build it in Guizhou in the end.

There is no severe cold and heat in Guizhou in winter and summer, which is avoidable for data centers. In Guizhou, the data center can save up to 10% and 30%. It is estimated that a machine can save 30,000 kWh a year. Guizhou is so rich in water resources. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology says that Guizhou is the best choice for building a large-scale green data center in South China.

Second, government support.

Of course, the development of this area is inseparable from the jurisdiction of the government. Now the difference between East and West is still huge. Establishing new technologies such as big data in the mainland from the beginning will quickly drive the internal economy.

At the same time, it can also help the mainland retain talents and give play to Guizhou's advantages and resource advantages. At the same time, the problem of population "accumulation" in coastal areas has been alleviated. If the data center is still built in Shanghai, will the housing price in Shanghai double again, and will the foreigners in Shanghai double again? This may not be a good thing for Shanghai.

Third, summary.

Based on one or two points, Guizhou is a place suitable for the development of big data, but why so many companies take a fancy to this piece at the same time, of course, the company's own considerations are indispensable.

Don't want to miss this opportunity, it's better to start first.

Let me answer a question.

In fact, most of the answers only elaborated on one aspect, that is, the advantages of Guizhou's natural conditions, but what I want to say is that the reasons why these big companies chose Guizhou are not limited to this, but also the support of policies and the special geographical location of Guizhou.

First, Guizhou has superior natural conditions.

For big data centers, the factors directly related to operating costs are power, space, security and stability.

Almost all of Guizhou can meet these conditions.

Because Guizhou is vast and sparsely populated, wind power generation and hydropower generation can almost meet the needs of life and industry, and the cost of electricity is low, much lower than other regions. Moreover, due to the special karst landform of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, the groundwater is rich and the surface temperature is low, so it can maintain a low temperature, thus reducing the electricity consumption. It can also reduce the electricity bill.

Big data requires a large number of servers, so the transparency of space has also become a requirement. Guizhou is a province that can rarely provide a large amount of space that meets the deployment requirements of data servers in provincial capitals.

As for security and stability, the geological structure of Guizhou is very stable, because it is located in the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, and there are few floods. At the same time, it belongs to the mainland rear area, and the social environment is stable, which is suitable for deploying equipment that is not suitable for migration, such as data servers.

Second, Guizhou's policy support for the big data industry.

In recent years, Guizhou has listed the big data industry as the key development industry in Guizhou in the future, which also means that Guizhou will have many preferential policies in the big data industry, attracting large-scale technology companies like Apple, Tencent and Huawei to settle in, bringing new employment opportunities to the local area and promoting the development of derivative industries.

On March 8, 20 19, the leading group of big data development in Guizhou province issued the "Action Points of Big Data Strategy in Guizhou Province 20 19", which reiterated the development plan of big data industry.

This point refers to an enterprise integration action, which can well reflect the courage and determination of developing big data in Guizhou, and at the same time, we can see what kind of positioning the big data industry has for the future development of Guizhou.

Third, talk about the unique geographical location of Guizhou.

There is a population dividing line in China called "Hu Huanyong Line" (pictured above).

On the east side of this line, it can be said that only Yunnan and Guizhou meet the standards of vast territory and sparsely populated, and have natural conditions that are naturally beneficial to the big data industry.

But another geographical advantage of Guizhou determines its advantage in big data industry-being closer to Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

As we all know, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area will become the biggest growth pole of China's economy in the future. The largest consumer markets of Tencent, Huawei and Apple, and even the regional headquarters, are almost all in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Bay Area, which is closest to the consumer market and corporate headquarters, the hub of data processing.

Therefore, these two conditions determine that in the final choice of big data, Guizhou has become the first choice and has great advantages.

Finally, I still want to say that big data in Guizhou is by no means falling from the sky, but the result of the efforts of all parties. Natural conditions are important factors, but they are definitely not decisive factors. The strong support and institutionalization of local government is the fundamental reason why this industry takes root in Guizhou.

Above.

Therefore, many technology giants look at Guizhou, where the economy is underdeveloped, the region is not hot or even unpopular, mainly to vigorously develop data centers and save a lot of electricity bills.

The essence of data center is IT infrastructure, and its biggest feature is high energy consumption. Among the main costs, electricity accounts for more than half. Just as Huawei landed its global data center in Guizhou, its main purpose is to save electricity. Zheng Fei, a Huawei native, once calculated an account. Even without preferential policies, one year's operation can save hundreds of millions of electricity bills.

China's electric power development has attracted worldwide attention. At the end of 20 1 1, the power generation reached the first place in the world, and in this year, all kinds of data centers in China almost used 1000 billion kwh. From this perspective, China has advantages in developing data centers.

Although Guizhou's GDP ranks lower in the country, its electricity is developed and its electricity price is cheap, which benefits from taking the lead in conducting electricity market transactions. As early as 20 13, Guizhou started the electricity market transaction. At the end of this year, the three major telecom operators successively settled their big data centers in Gui 'an New District of Guizhou, with a total investment of1500 million yuan. At the end of 20 15, Guizhou became the first comprehensive pilot province of power system reform in China, and then took the lead in setting up the first multi-shareholder provincial power trading center; In 20 17, Apple announced that it would invest 1 100 million US dollars to build an iCloud data center in Gui 'an New District, which was quite sensational at that time, although Ali and Tencent had also chosen to settle in the data center in Guizhou before that.

The influx of giants has not only improved the local electricity consumption in Guizhou, but also promoted the local information industry by high-quality enterprises, thus stimulating the growth of tax revenue and employment.

According to the latest official data, the comprehensive electricity price of industrial enterprises in Guizhou has been lowered by 2 1% this year. In Guizhou, where the development of information industry is not leading, cheap electricity price seems to be the killer. Besides, not only the electricity price is suitable, but also the power supply is sufficient. There is also a set of official data in this regard: in the first seven months of this year, Guizhou's power generation was120.7 billion kwh, a year-on-year increase of11%; Large industrial users in the province reduced the electricity price by 8.2 cents per kWh on average, and the number of electricity sales companies increased to 6 1 household.

Power industry has always been one of the pillar industries in Guizhou. It can be noted that the electricity market transactions in Guizhou achieved a great breakthrough in 20 17 years: the electricity sales in the province was nearly10.5 billion kwh, which exceeded the 100 billion mark for the first time.

This topic is still very enlightening to us: first, cheaper electricity tariffs can bring more quantity and quantity investment; Second, the electricity bill is cheaper, which can keep the adolescence of the power industry; Thirdly, whether it is the traditional manufacturing industry or the upstart technology industry, lowering the electricity price is conducive to their sustainable development and even growth.

There are several reasons:

(1) security issues, data must be stored in China;

(2) Policy issues: Guizhou issued policies to support the development of data centers in Guizhou;

(3) On the question of money, Guizhou's land price is relatively cheap, electricity is also cheap, the climate is suitable, and electricity is saved, which means saving money for enterprises.

security issue

Security issues, data storage in China is very necessary. Especially in large enterprises, a lot of data involves the privacy of consumers, and if it is stored abroad, there will be great risks. So the data must be stored in China.

Moreover, data storage in China can also save a lot of operating costs for many enterprises.

Policy issues

In recent years, Guizhou has issued policies to support the development of data centers. You have to admire the Guizhou government. There are experts in this field who have come up with such a policy.

What did this policy bring to Guizhou?

First, taxation and employment. Setting up a data center in Guizhou will drive consumption and employment. They are all big enterprises and pay a lot of taxes and fees.

Second, high-tech enterprises bring high-quality talents. Data center is a part of these large enterprises, and its operation and maintenance need high-quality talents. This has brought many high-quality talents to Guizhou. What does it mean to have high-quality talents? Everyone knows that.

Third, high-tech enterprises have no pollution. Unlike industry, the pollution brought by data centers is very little or even negligible. Promoting the economy and protecting the environment at the same time can achieve multiple goals.

The problem of money

The land price in Guizhou is cheap, especially compared with that in the north, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. The construction cost of building a large data center is relatively low.

Meanwhile, the climate in Guizhou is stable. Guizhou has a warm and humid climate, which belongs to subtropical humid monsoon climate. The temperature doesn't change much, it is warm in winter and cool in summer, and the climate is pleasant. In 2002, the average annual temperature in Guiyang, the provincial capital, was 14.8, which was 0.3 higher than 20 16. From the perspective of the whole province, the average temperature in Leng Yue (65438+ 10) is usually 3.6, which is higher than other areas in the same latitude; The average temperature in the hottest month (July) is generally 225, which belongs to a typical cool summer area.

A lot of electricity in the data center is used for cooling, and the natural advantage of not being hot can reduce a lot of electricity consumption. Save electricity.

At the same time, electricity in Guizhou is relatively cheap. Guizhou has a large number of hydropower resources, and the electricity fee is half that of big cities. The resulting cost advantage is also huge. Because the data center uses electricity 24 hours a day, power consumption is one of the main costs.

In fact, the technical level of the big data industry is not high, not as high as the electronic information technology industry in Chengdu and Chongqing. Major companies choose Guizhou only because of its low cost and low temperature. But an industry can't bring huge employment population, let alone promote more industrial renewal! Therefore, we should work hard for industrial development instead of climax. At least in the southwest, it is still not as good as Chengdu and Chongqing.

Of course, this is not a unilateral choice of enterprises. The most important thing is that national policies guide enterprises to make corresponding choices. Then the question becomes, why did the country set China's strategic big data center in Guizhou?

Guizhou's development lags behind.

Guizhou is a relatively backward province in China. According to the GDP ranking of major provinces in China in 20 17, Guizhou ranks seventh from the bottom among all provinces and cities. For the country and Guizhou Province, we need such opportunities. Moreover, not only in terms of economy, there is a big gap between Guizhou and other provinces in the field of internet, and the national policy is bound to tilt, and the Guizhou provincial government is bound to give many favorable policies to attract technology giants.

So first of all, the national policy is tilted. Otherwise, how could these well-known large enterprises choose Guizhou, which is relatively short of talents, backward in economic thinking and relatively remote in geographical location? Moreover, after the country took Guizhou as the first national-level big data comprehensive experimental zone, Guizhou's economic growth rate came to the first place in the country.

Guizhou is an important town in the southwest of China.

Strategically speaking, Guizhou is a very important geographical location. Guizhou is located in the southwest hinterland of China, bordering Sichuan, Chongqing, Yunnan, Hunan and Guangxi, with a very special geographical position, and is located in the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. It can be said that it is an important transportation hub and town in southwest China, and its strategic position is extremely important. So far, if wartime is the best home front, the importance of nature needs no elaboration.

Moreover, the whole industry in Guizhou is underdeveloped, the energy demand is relatively small, the local climate is very suitable, and the water resources and wind resources are naturally rich, which provides the best environmental support for the establishment of the data center. Thanks to the comprehensive advantages of geographical location, policy advantages and climate, Guizhou is very suitable as a national data disaster recovery center.

And it is more convenient to supervise foreign companies here. The red culture in Guizhou is very good. It is the red base of our party and army and one of the important birthplaces of our party and army.

It can be said that Guizhou has the best chance to become a national data center and a national data disaster recovery center because of its geographical location, environmental advantages and policy support.

First, the policy of Guizhou Province, Guizhou is the only province in the country that regards big data as a comprehensive experimental area, and the support for large and small policies is unparalleled.

Second, electricity in Guizhou is cheap. Guizhou, located in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River basin, has a very large gap and many rivers. Its installed hydropower capacity ranks fourth in China, and there is no obvious dry season, so the electricity is very sufficient. Data centers have to work 24 hours a day, and thousands of servers and storage need a lot of electricity to work at the same time.

Third, the natural environment is excellent. Guizhou has many caves with constant temperature and humidity, which is one of the most suitable places to build a large-scale green data center, no less than building a data center in the Arctic Circle. The development of big data in Guizhou has seized the opportunity and can burst into powerful energy in the fierce market competition.

It is not easy for both domestic operators and Apple to set up a data center in Guizhou and concentrate it in one place.

Speaking of Guizhou's electronic information technology industry, it may not be as developed as some cities! However, the big data industry doesn't care about this at all. You know, the biggest bug in the data center is the extremely high energy consumption. It is no exaggeration to say that the main cost of the data center is concentrated on electricity, and the machinery and equipment need heat dissipation, which is obviously the top priority. Guizhou is one of the cities with the best temperature and energy resources in the south, and its innate advantages make it a necessary advantage for data centers.

How does Guizhou overtake in corners? Probably smelled a little big data and successfully captured it. 20 13 is called "the first year of big data" in China. Although many internet companies have entered the market, most cities have not caught up with this wave and are in a wait-and-see state. The same is true in Guizhou. Although it is late to enter the market, it is also a good thing that the latecomers come from behind. Since the seeds are planted, they are waiting for the moment of germination.

In fact, generally speaking, although Guizhou is not as good as the cities in the eastern region, it has set a good example in the central and western producing areas. Looking forward to a new round of development in Guizhou!