North China's Hebei Province has ranked among the country's top performers in the comprehensive computing power index for three consecutive years, according to a report released Saturday by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT).
The province launched a national computing power interconnection node to accelerate its digital and intelligent transformation on Saturday.
The Hebei Artificial Intelligence (AI) Computing Center in the Langfang Economic and Technological Development Zone in Hebei's Langfang City, is primarily used to support high-end computing tasks such as training large AI models and industrial simulations, according to its manager. "Currently, the average monthly computing power utilization rate has exceeded 96 percent. In the past, computing power was primarily general-purpose, focused on data storage and simple computations. What we now provide is intelligent computing power specifically designed to support high-end applications such as the training and inference of large AI models and industrial simulations," said Zhao Zitong, general manager of the Hebei AI Computing Center.
At present, intelligent computing power has become the core engine driving the intelligent upgrading of the entire industrial process.
In Langfang, which ranks among the country's top performers in the urban computing power sub-index, all 36 operational data centers have begun transitioning to intelligent computing facilities. Although Hebei boasts an ample supply of computing power, small and medium-sized enterprises face challenges such as high barriers to entry and high costs, while large enterprises encounter bottlenecks in coordinating resources across different computing centers.
To resolve this supply-demand imbalance, Langfang spearheaded the development and launch of an integrated computing power network platform.
On the large screen at the platform's command center, dynamic data including computing power input, supply, and application are shown in real time, providing a clear overview of computing resource status.
"The computing power scheduling and operations of sub-platform integrates dispersed and idle computing resources and utilizes intelligent scheduling algorithms to provide low-cost, flexible computing services for high-frequency computing scenarios such as AI inference and scientific research, thereby meeting the diverse computing needs of different industries and users," said Xing Yanbo, general manager of Digital City Technology Group Co., Ltd, .
China's Hebei Province leads in computing power for third straight year: report
