Gui'an New Area builds China's premier data and computing hub

Gui'an is a core area of the National Big Data Comprehensive Pilot Zone. [Photo/China Daily]

Gui'an New Area in Southwest China's Guizhou province has now attracted 27 mega data centers, with 15 currently operational. The area boasts a computing capacity of 170.15 Eflops, over 98 percent of which is dedicated to intelligent computing.

From January to May this year, Gui'an welcomed 15 new data labeling enterprises, employing 1,428 people and generating 165 million yuan ($24.38 million) in revenue. The nearby Huaxi University Town and Qingzhen Vocational Education Town host 27 higher education institutions, ensuring a steady stream of multidisciplinary talent and innovative entrepreneurs for the data and AI industries.

Moving forward, Gui'an will prioritize the integration of public data while unlocking the value of industrial data in sectors like Chinese baijiu and mining. To strengthen the data trading ecosystem, Gui'an is establishing a data circulation service center, a regional big data exchange branch, and a provincial corpus dataset center, while expanding into cross-border data services.

Furthermore, Gui'an will build standardized governance systems, establish specialized data processing plants for embodied AI and autonomous driving, and utilize its robust security foundations to ensure closed-loop risk control.

Gui'an will also introduce policies targeting the token economy, support the creation of high-quality datasets and trusted data spaces, and solidify the entire industrial chain spanning data production, token processing, and model training.