Guizhou to increase big data investment in 2022

Southwest China's Guizhou province, China's first big data comprehensive pilot area, will continue to increase investment in its big data industry.

Last year, Guizhou's invested 15.76 billion yuan ($2.48 billion) into the big data industry, an increase of 7.22 percent year-on-year.

This year, Guizhou proposed improving digital facilities by accelerating the construction of computing, integrated and innovation infrastructure. Big data investment in 2022 is expected to reach 17 billion yuan.

To achieve this goal, Guizhou will implement more than 100 key projects and start construction on new digital infrastructure projects such as data centers. In 2022, the province will construct 25,000 5G base stations and carry out 200 scenario-based big data applications in industry, education and medical treatment.

By the end of February, Guizhou's 394 major big data companies had resumed operation and big data investment reached 1.8 billion yuan, mainly contributed by telecom operator infrastructure construction.