the world's first commercial ascend ai 'supernode' has officially launched in shaoguan, marking the imminent rise of south china's largest computing power cluster. if computing power is the "new electricity" of the digital era, then as the only data center cluster in the guangdong-hong kong-macao greater bay area (gba), shaoguan is emerging as guangdong's most cost-effective "power plant."
shaoguan boasts an annual electricity surplus of approximately 10 billion kwh with a near-100% power supply reliability, ensuring ample and safe electricity for the data center. furthermore, the city is piloting an integrated "source-grid-load-storage" power system for the cluster and optimizing renewable energy resources. through long-term power purchase agreements with the data center and additional computing power subsidies, shaoguan's electricity costs are projected to match those of western clusters like guizhou. shaoguan's non-residential water price is lower than that in guangzhou and shenzhen, so the total computing power costs in shaoguan are just 60% of that in the pearl river delta on average.
from the perspective of safety, shaoguan is located outside seismic zones, offering geologically stable conditions. with an average annual temperature of 21℃, the lowest in guangdong, it helps reduce energy consumption for cooling in the data center.
more significantly, since china approved the establishment of the gba national hub node for china's integrated computing power network in 2022, shaoguan has attracted over 60 billion yuan in project investments within just three years. industry giants have flocked to the cluster, where 13 ultra-high-speed 400g all-optical networks now crisscross the gba, delivering millisecond-level data flow directly to guangzhou and shenzhen. this robust infrastructure is steadily bringing the blueprint of a "city of computing power" into reality across northern guangdong.
source: lingnan on the cloud
何以“粤”算越有数？韶关集群开秀大湾区“数字肌肉”
全球首个商用智算升腾超节点在韶关上线，华南地区最大算力集群即将崛起。如果说算力就是数字时代的“新电力”，那么作为粤港澳大湾区唯一的数据中心集群，韶关集群正在成为广东最划算的“发电厂”。
看电价，韶关每年富余电量约100亿度，供电可靠率接近100%，可为数据中心提供充足且安全的电力保障。此外，韶关正在推进集群电力源网荷储一体化试点，统筹新能源资源，与数据中心签署长期购电协议，叠加算力券后，预计电价可与贵州等西部集群持平；看水价，韶关非居民用水成本比广深低，综合下来算力使用成本仅为珠三角的六成。
从安全账看，韶关位于非地震带，地质安全稳定，年平均气温21℃，在广东省内最低，有利于降低数据中心运行能耗。
更重要的是，自2022年以来，国家批复设立全国一体化算力网络粤港澳大湾区国家枢纽节点韶关数据中心集群后，仅仅3年，韶关就吸引了600亿元项目，投资巨头云集，13条400g全光运力网如银色巨龙纵横湾区和直抵广深的“毫秒级”数据奔流，让“算力之城”的宏伟蓝图在粤北大地徐徐展开。
文丨记者 王丹阳 欧阳志强
图丨韶关武江区航拍
翻译丨盛嘉
审校丨林佳岱
