It can be hard to figure out what is going on in China's Data Center Market.
Here are three articles that a friend sent that happen to be all from DatacenterDynamics.
Tencent's data centers is one.
Company profile: China’s Tencent
Tencent is one of the largest cloud providers in China, a country with an insatiable appetite for internet-based services
Design sketch for Tianjian cloud computing data center of Tencent Tencent, one of the largest internet service providers in China, has been taking aim at China’s cloud computing market, building new cloud computing data centers using advanced environmentally friendly and energy-efficient technologies. It has also been focusing heavily on research and development.
China's Cloud market.
China’s growing cloud industry
China’s cloud computing market is estimated to reach US$31.6bn in the next three years, thanks to investment from public and private players
China's cloud computing industry is preparing for growth Cloud computing is emerging as one of the China’s fastest growing industries. The nation may account for less than 3% of global cloud computing market share – valued at US$90bn in 2011) but it is growing with an annual rate of 40%, according to analyst firm Gartner.
And some of the cloud build out.
China cloud computing roundup: R&D and newbuilds
Alcatel, Insigma, Inspur, Microsoft and moreXijian, a province in Northwest China, will build one of the largest cloud computing data center clusters in China in the next 10 years, according to the Tianshan Cloud Plan for the Xinjiang Province.
Two cloud computing industrial bases will be built in Urumqi and Karamay respectively. Once complete, the data center cluster will host a total of 250,000 cabinets and have an annual turnover of 32bn CNY.
