The scale of China’s computing power industry has expanded at an annual rate of nearly 30 per cent in recent years, amid the country’s push to develop its digital economy, official data showed.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, on Wednesday said by the end of 2022, China’s total computing power reached 180 Floating Point Operations Per Second (EFLOPS), ranking second in the world.
The Ministry said that the country’s total data storage capacity has exceeded 1,000 EB.
“In recent years, the country has made solid progress in developing computing infrastructure and the computing power industry is following a smart, green and safe path of development.
“As the country has stepped up efforts to promote the digital economy, a mega project was inaugurated last year.
“The inauguration involved the establishment of eight national computing hubs and 10 national data center clusters to improve the overall computing power,” the ministry said.
