Huawei, Guizhou to deepen partnership in big data area

Firm banks on resources in the province to lower costs, fuel growth

Huawei Technologies Co will deepen its partnership with Guizhou province in digital governance, data centers and smart city projects, as the Chinese tech heavyweight leverages the southwestern province's resources and booming big data industry to lower costs and fuel growth.

The cooperation is also part of Guizhou's broader efforts to become a big data and cloud computing hub in China. The province aims to help integrate data technology into more than 10,000 real-economy companies by 2022, and bring more cloud computing businesses to the region.