Apple announced its first data center in China in July 2018, with plans for it to begin operations in 2020. This move came in response to China's cybersecurity law, which requires data about Chinese citizens and matters related to national security to be stored on servers within China. The law also mandates that any data transfers outside the country must undergo regulatory review and approval.
Previously, Apple had managed its Chinese iCloud services through data centers located primarily in the United States. While the company had already moved some media services, including portions of iTunes and iBooks, to Chinese servers, these transfers did not involve personal user data.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | China Telecom: Guizhou Information Park |
China Telecom's Guizhou Cloud Computing Information Park, spanning 500 mu (33.3 hectares), is a hub for high-speed storage and computing services.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | China Mobile: Guian, Guizhou |
China Mobile's cloud computing park in Guiyang, the capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province, spans 275 mu (18.3 hectares) and represents an investment of 2 billion yuan.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | China Unicom: Guian, Guizhou |
China Unicom's Gui'an Data Center operates in Guizhou province's Gui'an New Area. The company invested 5 billion yuan in the facility, which covers 33.3 hectares of land.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | NetEase: Guian, Guizhou |
NetEase Inc. has begun construction of its first large big data center in Gui'an New Area, Guizhou province, Southwest China.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Tencent: Gui'an Qixing |
The complex spans 470,000 square meters, with 30,000 square meters of computing space housed within natural mountain caves.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Huawei Global Yun Data Center |
Phase one encompasses 480,000 square meters (5 million square feet) across three distinct zones.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | China Construction Bank: Gui'an |
China Construction Bank is building a data center campus in Guiyang City and Gui'an New Area with a total investment of 11.3 billion yuan ($1.55 billion).
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In 2010, Apple reported that just 16% of its total facilities were powered by renewables. Within just six years, that number skyrocketed up to 96% in 2016. In 2018, Apple said that it has achieved 100% renewable energy. Source: cleantechnica.com.
As of early 2018, Apple had 25 operational renewable energy projects around the world, totaling 626 MW of generation capacity. Notably, 286 MW of solar PV generation came online in 2017. There are 15 more projects under construction that represent over 1.4 GW of renewable energy generation across 11 countries.
In Prineville, Ore., the Apple signed a 200 MW power purchase agreement for an Oregon wind farm, the Montague Wind Power Project, set to come online by the end of 2019.
Apple’s data center in Maiden, N.C., is supported by projects that generate 244 million kWh of renewable energy per year, which is equivalent to the energy used by 17,906 North Carolina homes.
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