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7 advantadges to boost Hohhot's cloud computing [China Daily: Hong Kong Edition]
[October 23, 2014]

7 advantadges to boost Hohhot's cloud computing [China Daily: Hong Kong Edition]


(China Daily: Hong Kong Edition Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Hohhot, the capital of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, has been striving to develop the cloud computing industry. It has an advantageous industrial basis that is characterized by seven key aspects, Hohhot Daily reported on Oct 14.



? Physiographic conditions Hohhot has a typical temperate continental monsoon climate with annual average temperature at 8 C, which is favorable for the natural cooling of large equipment. During a period lasting seven to eight months throughout the year, there is no need for air-conditioning systems in the city, which helps to cut operation costs in the cloud computing industry.

Moreover, most of Hohhot is far from seismic belts and boasts stable geographic structures. Therefore, the cloud computing industry can enjoy a relatively safe and stable operation environment in the city.


China Telecom's Inner Mongolia Information Park. The Inner Mongolia Information Park is located in Shengle Modern Services Cluster in Hohhot's Horinger county, North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region. To date, a batch of renowned enterprises, including Baidu and Sogou, have already began operating in the park. The park is expecting more enterprises, such as Tencent, Alibaba and NetEase, by next year. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] ? Exceptional advantages as capital As the capital of Inner Mongolia, Hohhot is home to key S&T research institutions, academies, colleges and universities, and a large amount of professionals. There are 22 universities and colleges in Hohhot. There are a total of about 80,000 new graduates from these schools. In a word, Hohhot has 70 percent of the region's education and scientific and technological resources, and a strong base for enterprise demand in regards to professionals.

Hohhot is also home to the region's governmental organs and the headquarters of some enterprises, creating immense development potential for cloud computing popularization.

Sand table of China Telecom's Inner Mongolia Information Park. By 2015, 70 percent of the resources in the park's cloud computing data center will be utilized. The park is expected to have a capacity of 100,000 racks and 1.2 million servers in full operation. The park seeks to be the largest cloud computing datacenter in China and the largest Internet data cluster in the Asia-Pacific region. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] ? Ample power supply One of China's three power grids, the western Inner Mongolia power grid, is in Hohhot and a guarantee for power supply. The power supply in the regional capital is not only stable but also very economic. Moreover, Hohhot can provide approval for the establishment of a supporting power plant for cloud computing enterprises. To date, Hohhot has an installed power capacity of 843 kilowatts in total. For giant power consumers, the municipality will give them a competitive price to help them cut production costs.

? Advantageous geographical location Hohhot sits to the west of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei city cluster and serves as a significant node city in connecting West and East China. It is a channel to Mongolia, Russia and other countries in Eastern Europe on land. Hohhot's location provides the city's cloud computing industry foundation in terms of logistics, investment and information.

Hohhot is an important intersection for the optical cable arteries of China's three telecommunication operators. It is also a pivot of Inner Mongolia's optical cable channel.

? Preferential policies Hohhot began full construction of a national e-commerce and information pilot area in 2013, when the country was pushing forward informatization infrastructure construction and information consumption. It has achieved good results so far.

As policy and financial support given to the pilot from the state keeps growing, information consumption will keep on improving as a result. This will be a driving force for the cloud computing industry's development.

? Sound industrial foundation Thanks to the state's policies in promoting the strategic emerging industries and Hohhot's mature industrial basis and investment environment, a total of five giant cloud computing projects, including China Telecom, China Mobile and China Unicom, have been established in Hohhot with a total investment of nearly 70 billion yuan ($11.44 billion). Hohhot will be the largest data center in North China as these projects are completed. To date, a total of 60,000 servers have been installed.

Seven advantages to boost Hohhot's cloud computing The China Mobile (Hohhot) Data Center from a bird-eye's view. At its completion, the China Mobile (Hohhot) Data Center will provide international operation support such as centralized network management and enterprise informatization. It will also promote R&D and innovation in the latest technologies, including cloud computing and the Internet of Things. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] ? Definite development goal Hohhot is on track to be a pivotal cloud computing industry base according to the Cloud Computing Industry Development Plan of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region released in 2013. This industry has been given priority by the municipality. It has drawn out an area of 40 square kilometers for cloud computing growth. It will be a base for cloud computing data centers and big data resources; expand the industrial chain of cloud computing and big data; and focus on demonstration applications in sectors such as e-commerce, industrial services, tourism and education. The construction of a smart city based on cloud computing is also one of the key tasks of Hohhot. Through cloud computing services innovation, it seeks to drive the development of other strategic emerging industries, the modern services industry and high-end manufacturing industries. It will also support the city's economic structure transformation and industrial upgrade.

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