My autobiography is definitely not a tragedy!
Chapter 619 - 397: Being Fast on Corners Is True Speed!

Chapter 619: Chapter 397: Being Fast on Corners Is True Speed!

Guizhou Province, commonly known as Qian, has historically been encapsulated by four words—"survival of the fittest"!

With its many mountains and waterfalls, perennial rainy weather, and unique karst topography, arable land is scarce, and transportation is poor.

The saying, "No three days of clear sky, no three feet of flat land, no one with three ounces of silver," aptly describes Guizhou, where the legend of "Yelang’s Arrogance" originated.

All things considered, the most famous thing about this relatively obscure Guizhou is "Moutai," which alone contributes nearly one-seventh of the province’s fiscal revenue.

However, with the changes in the era and technology, and under the national policy favoring the central and western regions, Guizhou began what could only be described as a miraculous comeback...

Where there are mountains, build bridges; Guizhou alone has nearly half of the world’s top 100 tallest bridges.

Where there is water, generate electricity; abundant electricity is sold to Guangdong and other southeastern coastal areas.

Where there are pits, place the "Heavenly Eye" to explore extraterrestrial life and the origin of the universe.

Though it borrowed money for development, incurring enormous debt, various infrastructure and tourism projects revitalized this inland province, making its growth rate one of the top three in the nation.

For internet companies, Guizhou offers unique geographical advantages.

Data centers, which consume a large amount of electricity, benefit from Guizhou’s abundant resources and an electricity rate of 0.456 yuan per kilowatt-hour, significantly lower than the national average.

The cold winters and cool summers, with consistently low temperatures, are also very favorable for server cooling.

In Guizhou, where hydropower is predominant, servers run smoothly and have longer lifespans, unlike those powered by thermal power, where the CPU and hard drive spin faster but have shorter life spans.

Additionally, if you want to build a well-protected data center in the plains area, you must avoid geological disasters and other external damages as much as possible.

This requires piling up an "artificial mountain" for external protection or digging a massive underground chamber kept safe by a thick layer of surface soil.

Nevertheless, Guizhou rarely experiences geological disasters, with no threats of earthquakes, typhoons, or flooding.

"Guizhou..." Hu Yifei pondered, somewhat puzzled.

"Could it be too remote? Even if we don’t build in Su City, we can find a suitable location around Su City.

After all, considering the computing demands, the developed coastal areas in the east remain the core market.

This distance would inevitably affect the energy consumption and efficiency of information transmission."

He said this, partly out of self-interest.

After all, with Mr. Hu governing the area, investing in Su City would add to Mr. Hu’s political achievements—a case of keeping the benefits within one’s own field.

Gao Yuan seemed to see through his intentions and patiently explained.

"This Cloud Computing Center is a crucial focus for Baiyeji Group, even the entire Wanwu Holding system for the future. Hence, it requires considering not just the current development situation but also future potential.

Guizhou is the decision made after thorough consideration and careful deliberation!

With the dawn of the age of intelligence, the demand for data processing in the future will inevitably surge.

We have studied national development policies in recent years with big data; running computational power of the east through the west and leveraging mutual advantages will undoubtedly become a future trend.

This might even become a national project on par with west-to-east electricity transmission and gas pipeline projects.

It is said that Hua Wei is ready to invest eighty billion in Guizhou to build a large data center, which could save over six hundred million annually just in electricity costs.

Major domestic companies have already advanced, sufficiently indicating this area’s development potential...

Moreover, located centrally, Guizhou is more conducive to expanding our operations nationwide in the future.

But rest assured, Baiyeji’s headquarters will always be in Su City, and we will also build a computing center here, mainly to handle computations requiring low latency.

However, Su City does not have the locational advantage for building a super-large computing center..."

Super... super-large computing center?!

Hu Yifei’s heart skipped a beat, "That... Sister Gao, how much are we planning to invest in this computing center?"

"Twenty billion for the first phase, and subsequent investments are unlimited."

"Hiss~"

They really are aiming for big factory standards...

Given Baiyeji’s current scale, what kind of growth rate would they need to prepare such massive backup computing power in advance?

And with this shipyard investment, how much total capital does Baiyeji have left, still unlimited... Is that twenty billion installment just for this?

With such a strategy, having enough funds will indeed be miraculous...

With one massive project after another, Hu Yifei felt somewhat numb.

Investments in shipyards, autonomous oil tankers, cloud-based ERP, and cloud computing centers in both Su City and Guizhou...

Others might prepare for a single project by registering a company.

Baiyeji is odd, with the company just established, projects fall like beans from the sky, one after another.

He began to doubt whether he, the freshly minted CEO of Baiyeji, would have any weekends off from now on...

...

After seeing off an excited yet somewhat ambivalent Hu Yifei.

Gao Yuan opened her notebook, summarized the recent progress in her work, and sent it out.

The contact list on the other end didn’t display a name, but used the code "Wallfacer."

This form of text communication had become the main method of exchanging intelligence and information between Gao Yuan and Meng Lang...

After waiting a while, it seemed that the other side had read the information and sent back a line of text.