[observation] Huawei's next generation data center "adds momentum" to Guangxi's low-carbon and high-quality development

We know , In the digital economy , Data included “ New production factors ”, The data center is the key to carrying data value , It is not only an important infrastructure for national economic development , It has become an entity of scientific and technological innovation and technological application , It can be said that it provides the core support for the development of the national digital economy .

But at the same time , stay “ Double carbon ” In a strategic environment , The trend of data center towards green and low carbon has also become “ Irreversible ” The general trend of , Especially with the national integrated big data center 、 The introduction of new data centers and other policy documents 、“ Count from east to west ” Implementation of the project , In the future, the construction scale and number of data centers will also show a more rapid growth trend , This also means that the data center industry faces “ Double carbon ” The task is more arduous and urgent . therefore , Both national and local governments attach great importance to the low-carbon and high-quality development of industries including data centers .

In this context ,6 month 10 Japan , Guided by the people's Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region , Guilin Municipal People's government 、 The Huawei digital energy flagship summit and Guangxi Green Energy Summit hosted by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. was held in Guilin . The meeting was held with “ Carbon road China , Green osmanthus ” The theme of , Join hands with industry, University and research experts 、 Industry Association 、 Leading enterprises 、 The leaders gathered together , Collision thought , Discuss the development trend and future opportunities of green and low carbon in various industries , Leading the intelligent transformation of the energy industry , Help Guangxi achieve the goal of carbon neutrality , Create a new green home .

It is worth mentioning that , Huawei's latest four key features of the next generation data center , namely “ Low carbon symbiosis 、 Integrate minimalism 、 Autopilot 、 Safe and reliable ”, Highly concerned by the guests present , Cause heated discussion and resonance , I believe it will also create an advanced green and efficient data center cluster for the whole Guangxi in the future , Building “ Low carbon ” Data Center , Developing a low-carbon data economy will also add more “ New kinetic energy ”, Inject more powerful “ drive ”.

The data center ushers in a new stage of development

You can see , Today, digitalization has penetrated into all aspects of production and life , Especially in the process of the epidemic hitting the global economy , The digital economy has burst forth to reorganize global factor resources 、 Reshaping the structure of the global economy 、 Reconstructing the global competition pattern “ Great power ” It has become the consensus of all countries in the world , The data center is the core and key in the development of digital economy “ infrastructure ”, Its role and value have also been further highlighted .

According to the recently released 《 Data center white paper （2022 year ）》 Show , only 2021 year , The market income of China's data center industry has reached 1500 Billion yuan , In the past three years, the average annual compound growth rate has reached 30.69%, With the development of various regions in China 、 The rapid development of digital economy in various industries , And the further promotion of digital transformation , In the future, the data center market will undoubtedly continue to maintain high-speed growth .

however , The data center has always been “ Big energy consumer ”, Its construction and development process has also brought huge energy consumption challenges . data display , Over the past decade , The overall power consumption of data centers in China exceeds... Every year 10% Increasing speed of . By 2020 year , Data centers account for about... Of China's electricity consumption 2.7%, And expect to 2024 In, the power consumption of data center will account for... Of the power consumption of the whole society 5% above .

That's why , In the country “ Double carbon ” In the context of strategy , The data center industry needs to aim at reducing carbon , Moving towards low carbon 、 Green development stage . before , Issued by the state 《 Guidance on accelerating the establishment and improvement of a green, low-carbon and circular economic development system 》 It is clearly pointed out in ：“ We should accelerate the continuous upgrading of green infrastructure , Do a good job in large and medium-sized data centers 、 Green construction and transformation of network computer room , Establish a green operation and maintenance system .”

More Than This , The state has further issued 《 National integrated big data center collaborative innovation system computing hub implementation plan 》, We hope to promote the construction of a national integrated big data center , start-up “ Count from east to west ” engineering , Promote green and sustainable development of data center , Accelerate the R & D and application of energy-saving and low-carbon technologies , And ask to 2025 New large data center in PUE The index is lower than 1.3.

thus it can be seen , stay “ Double carbon ” Driven by goals , The entire data center industry is undergoing profound changes , This also puts forward new requirements for the sustainable development of the entire data center . It also indicates , In the future, the data center will not only move towards a new stage of green and low-carbon development , At the same time, it also needs to make more forward-looking planning and layout for the future , Only in this way can we support the development of various places and industries “ Low carbon ” The innovation road of high-quality development .

Four characteristics of the next generation data center

It is the insight into this unprecedented change , On the basis of years of practice and in-depth exchanges with industry partners , Extract the four characteristics of the next generation data center ： Low carbon symbiosis 、 Integrate minimalism 、 Autopilot 、 Safe and reliable , It can be said that it has provided a building platform for the next generation data center “ New path ”, At the same time, it has also become a driving force for the future transformation and upgrading of the new infrastructure of the data center “ The new paradigm ”, To be specific ：

First , Low carbon symbiosis , In essence, Huawei has been facing the traditional data center for a long time “ high energy-consumption 、 High resources ” The challenge of consumption , At the same time, it echoes the accelerating trend of the current data center “ Green low carbon ” New trends in development . Under the concept of low-carbon symbiosis , The next generation data center will be “ All green 、 Full efficiency 、 Full recovery ” Data center for .

among “ All green ” refer to , In the future, the resource source of the data center will be green , Including green electricity 、 Reclaimed water 、 Land and climate, etc ; and “ Full efficiency ” Means , Driven by the low-carbon trend , In addition to power efficiency, data centers in the future （PUE）, Water efficiency （WUE）、 Resource efficiency （GUE）、 Environmental efficiency （CUE） And other indicators are also crucial , That is, whether the resources of the data center can be used efficiently in the future , Its evaluation index can no longer be “ only PUE On ”, Instead, we need to move towards including PUE、CUE、GUE、WUE Equal multidimensional evaluation system ; and “ Full recovery ”, It refers to the data center, although “ Energy consumption ” Large household , It's also “ Thermogenesis ” Large household , But the electricity consumed in the past has finally been converted into heat and discharged into the air , Not used effectively , Therefore, in the future, we will promote the green source of data center resources 、 Use high efficiency and full life cycle recyclability , It is an important means to realize the sustainable development of the data center .“ All green 、 Full efficiency 、 Full recovery ” behind , In fact, it also reflects Huawei's hope that the data center can be in harmony with the natural environment in the future “ Harmonious coexistence ” New vision and concept of .

secondly , Integrate minimalism ,“ The architecture is very simple 、 The power supply is extremely simple 、 Temperature control is extremely simple ” Represents the evolving form of the data center itself , At the same time, it also points out the new trend and direction of data center construction in the future .

stay “ The architecture is very simple ” aspect , Mainly building prefabrication and machine room modularization , The new way will breed new forms of buildings and computer rooms , With 1000 Take the data center construction cycle of the cabinet as an example , The construction period will be from 18 More than months reduced to 6-9 Months , To shorten the 50%;“ The power supply is extremely simple ”, It refers to component fusion and link minimization , Promote the power supply mode from simple physical connection to multi-functional integrated power supply , And through power supply minimalism , Part redefinition , Link remodeling , The delivery time is from 2 Months to 2 Zhou ;“ Temperature control is extremely simple ”, Mainly with the help of cold chain minimalism and air-liquid fusion , Maximize the use of natural cold sources , From multiple heat exchanges to one heat exchange , Shorten the refrigeration link , Maximize cooling efficiency , Achieve optimal comprehensive energy efficiency . It can be expected that , Integrate minimalism , It will drive the rapid landing of green and low-carbon data centers .

Third , Autopilot , As we all know, intelligence is the trend of certainty in the future , In the application of data center, it is embodied as “ Unmanned ”, Automatic driving , It includes “ Operation and maintenance automatically 、 Energy efficiency is self optimizing 、 Operational autonomy ” Three aspects , Thus, the mode of data center operation and operation and maintenance management is reconstructed .

“ Operation and maintenance automatically ”, It is reflected in that AI Remote inspection 、 Digitalization and standardization of operation and maintenance , Keep the operation and maintenance personnel away from the machine room , Data display passed “ Operation and maintenance automatically ”, Can be in 5 Minutes to complete 2000 Patrol inspection of cabinet ;“ Energy efficiency is self optimizing ”, Is based on AI Self learning ability ,1 From... In minutes 140 The best cooling strategy is deduced from a combination of 10000 algorithms , Realize data center cooling to “ wisdom ” cold ;“ Operational autonomy ”, Also with the help of AI technology , Realize resource self optimization and energy self scheduling , Maximize the value of resources .“ Autopilot ” It really pushes the innovation of the operation and operation and maintenance management mode of the data center to a new height .

Last , Safe and reliable , Data center is the core supporting force of intelligent world and digital economy ,“ Safe and reliable ” It is the cornerstone of the stable operation of the data center , More about the sustainable development of the data center “ lifeblood ”.

It contains two important dimensions , stay “ Active safety ” aspect , It can be done by AI Predictive maintenance , Achieve active security , from “ Cure disease ” To “ Cure the disease ”, At the same time, the fault response is automated through the system , Realization “1 Minute discovery ,3 Minute analysis ,5 Minutes of business recovery ”, Complete the fault fast closed loop from afterwards to beforehand ; stay “ Security architecture ” aspect , It means from devices to data centers , We should build a comprehensive security defense line , Make the system availability 99.999%. To make a long story short ,“ Safe and reliable ” It will guarantee the high quality of the data center 、 Sustainable development “ The bottom line ”.

To be fair , The four characteristics of Huawei's next generation data center —— Low carbon symbiosis 、 Integrate minimalism 、 Autopilot 、 Safe and reliable , Not only has it opened a new era of data center development , It also provides an innovative way for the exploration and practice of building a green and low-carbon data center , I believe that it will make more contributions to the green and low-carbon development of the data center industry , Become the driving force for the development of digital economy “ New engine ”.

Add momentum to low-carbon and high-quality development

without doubt , The next generation data center as a new type of infrastructure , It is not only the main carrier of data , At the same time, it will also provide core support in the development of digital economy , It will be able to better promote the digitalization and intellectualization of thousands of lines of business , And add to the low-carbon and high-quality development of various places “ New kinetic energy ”.

for example , At the Guangxi Green Energy Summit , The Guilin Municipal People's government and Huawei Technology Co., Ltd. have signed 《 Strategic cooperation framework agreement for the new five year plan of Huawei Technology Co., Ltd. of Guilin Municipal People's government 》. In the future, both sides will promote “ One center and three bases ”、“ Digital Guilin ”、“ Low carbon Guilin ” All key tasks are implemented , Implement a data-driven strategy , Promote the development of digital economy and low-carbon economy , Building a low-carbon and new smart city .

besides , The conference also held the launching ceremony of Guilin Huawei cloud computing data center phase II and Guibei Intelligent Computing Center , Huawei will be based on Guilin Huawei cloud computing data center , Support the construction of Guangxi digital economy demonstration zone in Guilin , In Industrial Development 、 Basic platform construction 、 Smart city applications 、 County smart city 4 Carry out in-depth cooperation in large areas .

in fact , Huawei helps Guangxi build a low-carbon symbiosis , Integrate minimalism , Autopilot , Safe and reliable “ Low carbon ” Data Center , It is only the next generation data center that drives the implementation of “ Low carbon ” High quality developing “ epitome ”. today , More and more places and cities rely on the strong support provided by the next generation data center , Has created a lot of “ Benchmarking ” Value data center engineering .

This year, 3 month , The Three Gorges DONGYUEMIAO data center construction project, which is provided with the overall data center infrastructure solution by Huawei, has been fully completed and put into operation , It has become the largest green zero carbon data center cluster in Central China , It can be said that it is green for the high-quality development of the Yangtze River economic belt and even the national digital economy 、 Environmental protection 、 Secure data center infrastructure .

This year, 5 month , Chengdu Intelligent Computing Center was officially put into operation , The project also adopts Huawei's full cycle prefabrication and modularization construction mode , Thus, the engineering production is realized , Product modularity , Modular intelligence , This also makes Chengdu Intelligent Computing Center a data center with green and low-carbon design , The green data center industry carried by it , I believe it can also provide a solid guarantee for the high-quality development of Chengdu's digital economy .

Standing in the new era of data center industry development “ Gateway ”, Huawei is based on its own best practices and experience in the frontier field of data center for a long time , And continuous technological innovation and investment , So the next generation data center “ emerge as the times require ”, Obviously it will be better 、 Accelerate the data center industry towards intelligence 、 A new stage of low-carbon development , And will realize “ Low carbon ” Build a foundation for high-quality development , Its value and significance are undoubtedly far-reaching and significant .

Shen Yao's scientific and technological observation , Founded by shensky, a cross-border self media person of science and technology and automobile ,19 Years of working experience in enterprise level technology media , Long term focus on enterprise digitization 、 Industrial intelligence 、ICT infrastructure 、 Observation and Reflection on the content of automobile science and Technology .