[ 预计“十四五”期间，大数据中心投资还将以每年超过20%的速度增长，累计带动投资超过3万亿元。 ]
As a new productive force in the digital economy era, computing power is developing rapidly. Zhang Yunming, vice minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, recently stated at the press conference of the 2022 China Computing Conference that the total computing power in China exceeds 140EFlops (floating-point operations per second), with an average annual growth rate of more than 30% in the past five years, ranking the world‘s largest computing power scale. two.
With the full opening of the digital economy era, computing power is an important “base” support, and the role of empowerment has become increasingly prominent. In the next step, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will further coordinate the layout of green and intelligent computing power infrastructure, accelerate research and development breakthroughs in high-end chips, new data centers, supercomputing and other fields, and further explore the application scenarios of computing power in key areas such as digital government and industrial Internet, and continue to promote The development of computing power industry.
Locally, the layout is further increased. According to data released by the National Development and Reform Commission, since the beginning of this year, among the 10 national data center clusters across the country, 25 new projects have been started, driving investment in all aspects of more than 190 billion yuan. It is expected that during the “14th Five-Year Plan” period, the investment in big data centers will increase at a rate of more than 20% per year, and the cumulative investment will exceed 3 trillion yuan.
The scale of computing power ranks second in the world
At present, the construction of computing power facilities in my country is progressing in an orderly manner, and the development foundation is continuously consolidated. Zhang Yunming introduced that by the end of 2021, the total number of data center racks in use in my country exceeded 5.2 million standard racks, with an average availability rate of over 55%. The scale of servers in the data center is 19 million, and the storage capacity reaches 800EB (1EB=1024PB). The total computing power exceeds 140EFlops, with an average annual growth rate of more than 30% in the past five years, ranking second in the world in terms of computing power.
At the same time, the computing power industry chain continues to improve, and the computing power empowerment effect is prominent. At present, my country’s computing power industry chain has been initially formed, covering the upstream industry consisting of facilities, equipment, software suppliers, and network operators, and the midstream industry consisting of basic telecommunications companies, third-party data center service providers, and cloud computing manufacturers. Internet companies, industrial companies, and downstream industries composed of users in various industries such as government, finance, and electric power.
According to the calculations of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology and related industry reports, in 2021, the size of my country’s IDC (Internet Data Center) service market will exceed 150 billion yuan, the cloud computing market will exceed 200 billion yuan, and the AI core industry will exceed 400 billion yuan.
In addition, data released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology shows that in 2021, the scale of my country’s big data industry will exceed 1.3 trillion yuan. The “14th Five-Year Plan for the Development of Big Data Industry” proposes that by 2025, the estimated scale of the national big data industry will exceed 3 trillion yuan.
Xie Cun, director of the Information and Communication Development Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said at the press conference that in the era of the digital economy, computing power is not only a key productive force, but will also become a common application. With the advancement of the construction of computing power infrastructure, new models and new business forms of computing power application are accelerating, and computing power is deeply integrated into more industries such as manufacturing, transportation, education, aerospace, finance, and media. At the same time, computing power scheduling, Computing power management and computing power trading have also become the focus of industry exploration. Computing power is changing from “resources” to “elements”, and eventually, like water and electricity, it will be generated on demand, moved on demand, and changed on demand, and will become an essential part of people’s production and life.
In March this year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology officially announced the list of the first batch of typical cases of national new data centers. A total of 32 large data centers and 12 edge data centers were selected. In order to accelerate the construction and application of new data centers and better support the economy and society Digital transformation in various fields has set benchmarks.
Wu Qi, executive director of Wuxi Digital Economy Research Institute, told Yicai that the “era of computing power” has arrived, and computing power is an important driving force for the sustained and in-depth development of the digital economy. Industrial development and application scenarios represented by artificial intelligence are strongly dependent on Computing power factors, high-frequency transactions in the financial market, VR/AR, ultra-high-definition video, Internet of Vehicles, connected drones, smart power, smart factories, smart security and other scenarios and services with high real-time requirements, will be driven by sufficient computing power. The rapid development and implementation of the force support.
Overweight layout data center in multiple places
All localities are also seizing the opportunities of the digital economy, increasing the number of data centers, and injecting new momentum into strengthening the construction of digital government, activating the potential of data elements, and the digital transformation of all walks of life, and promoting high-quality economic and social development.
In February this year, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Central Cyberspace Administration of China, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the National Energy Administration jointly issued a notice agreeing to conduct business operations in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the Yangtze River Delta, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Chengdu-Chongqing, Inner Mongolia, Guizhou, Gansu, and Ningxia. The construction of national computing power hub nodes has been launched in 8 places, and the “East Digital Western Computing” project has been officially launched in an all-round way. 10 data center clusters are planned to be set up in 8 computing power hubs, the physical boundaries are demarcated, and development goals such as green energy saving and listing rate are clarified.
The national hub node of the national integrated computing power network is the backbone node of my country’s computing power network. Through the deployment of 8 computing power hubs across the country, large and super-large data centers are guided to gather in the hubs, forming data center clusters, and exerting large-scale and intensive effects.
Yicai found that at present, 8 provinces covered by national computing power hub nodes have successively issued the “14th Five-Year” communication industry development plan, which clarified the construction goals of data center racks, power utilization efficiency (PUE) and other indicators.
Sun Wei, deputy director of the Innovation and High-Tech Development Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, revealed recently that since the beginning of this year, among the 10 national data center clusters across the country, 25 new projects have started, with a data center scale of 540,000 standard racks and a computing power of more than 135 billion per second. 100 million floating-point operations, about 27 million personal computers computing power, driving investment in all aspects of more than 190 billion yuan. It is expected that during the “14th Five-Year Plan” period, the investment in big data centers will increase at a rate of more than 20% per year, and the cumulative investment will exceed 3 trillion yuan.
On June 29, the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology and the Shanghai Municipal Development and Reform Commission issued the “Implementation Opinions on Promoting the Healthy and Orderly Development of Data Centers in the City”, clarifying the development goals of data centers at the end of the “14th Five-Year Plan” period.
He Renlong, chief expert of the Shanghai Emerging Information and Communication Technology Application Research Institute, said that the announcement of the opinion also means that the spatial layout of the data center in Shanghai is basically finalized. In the context of the coordinated innovation and development of the national integrated big data center, Shanghai is a very important base. Among the dual cores, Qingpu is the Yangtze River Delta integration demonstration area, and Lingang is a special economic function area, a special comprehensive bonded area, and a dual-circulation international Nodes, the layout of these two cores, also form a layout along the Hangzhou Bay and the two north-south lines bordering Suzhou.
Shandong Province is also actively expanding the layout of data centers. Ling Wen, vice governor of Shandong Province, said at the above-mentioned press conference of the 2022 China Computing Conference that as of now, in terms of computing power, the number of standard racks in use in Shandong data centers has exceeded 240,000, a year-on-year increase of more than 60%. , quadrupled from 2019. In terms of composition, the province has built 44 large and medium-sized data centers and 176 edge data centers. The proportion of low-latency edge computing power far exceeds the national average.
Stimulate the “engine” of computing power
Since last year, the computing power development planning documents have been issued intensively. The outline of the “14th Five-Year Plan” clearly states that it is necessary to accelerate the construction of a national integrated big data center system, strengthen the overall planning and intelligent scheduling of computing power, build several national hub nodes and big data center clusters, and build E-level and 10E-level supercomputing centers. This points out the direction for the development of the computing power industry in the next five years.
Subsequently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, together with the National Development and Reform Commission and other departments, issued the “National Integrated Big Data Center Collaborative Innovation System Computing Power Hub Implementation Plan”, which approved the construction of national computing power hub nodes in 8 regions including Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and the Yangtze River Delta, and started the implementation of “East Digital”. “Western Computing” project. “14th Five-Year Plan for Information and Communication Industry Development”, “Three-Year Action Plan for New Data Center Development (2021-2023)”, “Dual Gigabit Network Coordinated Development Action Plan (2021-2023)”, “Industrial Internet Innovation” A series of policy documents such as the Development Action Plan (2021-2023) have been issued to deploy and build a multi-level computing power facility system with digital network collaboration, data cloud collaboration, cloud-edge collaboration, and green intelligence.
Xie Cun introduced that in the next step, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will focus on promoting the computing power industry from the following three aspects.
First, continue to promote the construction of computing power infrastructure. Coordinate the layout of green and intelligent computing power infrastructure, promote the construction of an integrated big data center system, and accelerate the creation of a multi-level computing power facility system with data network collaboration, data cloud collaboration, cloud-edge collaboration, and green intelligence, so as to achieve sustained and significant computing power levels. Improve and consolidate the “computing power base” for the development of the digital economy.
The second is to work together to advance the research on core key technologies. Give full play to my country’s institutional and market advantages, enhance independent innovation capabilities, accelerate research and development breakthroughs in high-end chips, new data centers, supercomputing and other fields, strengthen technological layouts such as advanced computing and computing network integration, and promote the computing power industry to an efficient and green direction develop.
The third is to continuously stimulate the empowerment effect of the computing power “engine”. Deeply explore the integrated application of computing power in innovative application scenarios such as digital government, industrial Internet, Internet of Vehicles, and financial technology, improve the application level of computing power in traditional industries such as medical care, transportation, and education, and accelerate the application of computing power in more production and life. The application of the scene is implemented. Return to Sohu, see more
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