At the Digital China Expo in Guiyang, the National Data Administration said
China’s compute network is deeply coupled with five infrastructure networks —
water, new power grids, next‑generation communications, urban underground pipe
networks and logistics — forming an integrated system that mutually empowers
operations. The agency said compute acts as the “brain,” enabling intelligent
dispatch and improved renewable absorption in new power grids; collaborating
with next‑gen communications to accelerate data flow, model training and
applications; supporting basin‑level water forecasting and dynamic water
allocation; enabling real‑time monitoring, risk warning and emergency linkage
for urban lifeline systems (gas, drainage, heating); and linking logistics to
lower costs and boost supply‑chain efficiency. It reported national intelligent
compute capacity of 2.45 million PFLOPS (FP16) as of end-July, with eight
national compute hubs and three power‑compute coordination zones comprising over
85% of the country’s compute scale.
