Luke Thompson
IBM has launched a plan to construct a massive computing center outside of Beijing that will serve as a hub for both digital information and IT personnel. Still in the initial planning stages, the 6.2 million square foot center will function as a community built around at least seven massive cloud computing terminals. In addition to these huge storage facilities, the complex will also feature call centers, restaurants, and living spaces.
Slated to begin operation sometime after 2016, the center will have a multitude of professional users, according to Global Site and Facilities Services VP Steve Sams. Among the expected clientele are businesses, software developers, and government agencies.
Sams also stated that China is quickly becoming one of IBM's top sites for data center construction. The United States remains number one but Japan's spot at number to was recently overtaken by China and its rapidly developing technological infrastructure. Sams went on to say that it is only a matter of time before China passes the United States as IBM's top data center customer.
This provides yet another example of China's continual economic and technological expansion. As the communist government looks for ways to maintain strict regulation of information flow within its vast empire, the move towards large-scale cloud computing at centralized data bases seems like a logical step. A data center of this size would not only strengthen China's position as rising global superpower but also provide the government with regulatory muscle in the age of digital information.
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