One of Asia’s largest AI data centres opens in Shanghai

The infrastructure has a designed computing capacity of 3.74 exaFLOPS.

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Published 2022-03-24T05:30:00.000+05:30Updated 2022-03-24T05:30:00.000+05:30

Key takeaways

Shanghai's Lin-gang Free Trade Zone now hosts one of Asia's largest AI data centres, spanning 130,000 square metres.
The facility features a computing capacity of 3.74 exaFLOPS and includes 5,000 computer racks.
The data centre aims to significantly reduce line loss rates and conserve substantial energy annually.
Collaboration with the National Center for Protein Science highlights the centre's role in advancing AI research across various industries.
China's core AI industry is projected to reach a value of USD 63 billion by 2025, underscoring the importance of such infrastructures.

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The Lin-gang Free Trade Zone in Shanghai is now home to one of Asia’s largest AI data centre. The facility sits in a total area of 130,000 square metres, and holds 5,000 computer racks. The infrastructure, built with USD 880 million worth of investments, has a designed computing capacity of 3.74 exaFLOPS.

Thanks to the data centre’s ultra speed, it can train AI models with 100 billion parameters. "Industries like bio-medicines and physics need AI to help them explore the next step. We have already cooperated with the National Center for Protein Science to help them on their research and development," said Yang Fan, co-founder and vice president of SenseTime.The AI data centre is poised to cut down line loss rate by 50 percent and save approximately 45 million kilowatt-hours of power annually. Large-scale AI data centres are crucial to China’s self-design abilities in the AI industry. A China Academy of Sciences report predicts the value of the country’s core AI industry will hit USD 63 billion by the end of 2025.