NetEase: Guian, Guizhou

NetEase Inc. has begun construction of its first large big data center in Gui'an New Area, Guizhou province, Southwest China. The center, located on a 73,000 square meter (109 mu or 7.3 hectare) site in Gui'an New District, will consist of two data computer rooms, comprehensive office buildings, guardhouses, and other facilities, with a planned total building area of 74,000 square meters, including 23,500 square meter for single-building data center. The facility will house 2,300 cabinets with direct ventilation AHUs, primarily supporting 10KW (and some 6KW) power consumption per cabinet.

The first phase of the project was supposed to enter trial operation in September 2023, with the installation of 5,000 data center racks and 40,000 servers. Over the subsequent five years, the center's capacity will be expanded to a total of 10,000 racks and 100,000 servers. The completed center is projected to generate 450 million yuan ($66.7 million) in operating revenue.