Kendra Schaefer 凯娜

Must-read ICT paper re-published by State Information Center, responsible for China's gov data infrastructure. Outlines current development problems wrt state data centers, which are driving many of the telecom and energy policies we're seeing today. 1/7 http://www.sic.gov.cn/News/609/10969.htm …

The short version: Data center development and national data processing is hampered due to 1) Inefficient network layout, 2) Not enough energy in eastern provinces and surplus energy in western provinces, 3) High cost of electricity. 2/7

"Because [network] layout [is decided by] downstream user demand, Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Ningxia, Hebei, Xinjiang and other places where the super-large data centers in the western region are concentrated have no national-level Internet backbone direct connection points." 3/7

"Facing huge data center energy consumption requirements, first-tier cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen have introduced control policies, or completely banned new and expanded data centers in central urban areas ...." 4/7