Chinese Giants Tencent and ZTE Launch Modular Data Center
Partners claim market-leading energy efficient design
Chinese giants ZTE Corp. and Tencent Holdings have launched a modular, containerized data center they developed together, claiming the design has market-leading energy efficiency.
The facility, called Tencent West Lab, will provide customers data center capacity in standard blocks, which can be mobile if a customer desires, according to reports. It uses indirect evaporative free cooling, photovoltaic panels, and high-voltage DC power distribution to save energy.
ZTE is one of China’s largest smartphone manufacturers and network carriers, while Tencent is a holding company that owns numerous internet and media businesses. Both companies have been expanding into data center and cloud services markets, according to The Nikkei .
Tencent has been a partner to IBM, providing its SoftLayer cloud services in China , since 2014. Last year, the company was one of the Chinese internet giants shopping for data center space in Silicon Valley , sources told Data Center Knowledge.
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