China Telecom has broken ground on a data center project in Huainan City, China.
Located in the Anhui province, the project includes a data center and the China Telecom Shannan Communications Production building, according to a report from People’s Daily, China.
The project will see a total investment of RMB 100 million ($13.8m). The project will integrate the Anhui Tianyi Cloud and will have the capacity to host 1,000 racks.
It is unclear exactly what the Shannan Communications Production building entails.
Further details have not been provided.
Ujiahamaiti Tursun, deputy mayor of Huainan City, said the construction of the project is an important milestone in Huainan’s digital transformation. He added that in today’s digital area, with the rapid development of 5G, big data, and artificial intelligence, the digital economy is becoming a new engine for economic growth.
The project will be operated by China Telecom’s Anhui unit. China Telecom already operates facilities in the Anhui province: three in Hefei, two in Wuhu, and one in Tongling.
The Chinese telco operates 35 data centers across 26 markets in China and Hong Kong.
