Huawei launches Guizhou data center

Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, one of the world's largest telecom equipment markers, launched its data center project in southwestern China's Guizhou province on Wednesday, responding to the company's growing need to build facilities that store online data and support global services.

The move is part of a deal Huawei signed with the Guizhou provincial government last November and came as the technology juggernaut intensifies resources to compete globally.

The first phase of the new data center is located in Guian New Area in Guizhou province. Covering 400,000 square meters, it will operate around 600,000 servers to store Huawei's global management data.