China Mobile opened its second data centre in northern Hong Kong on Wednesday and plans to increase investment in next-generation submarine cables. The company has invested nearly HK$10 billion (US$1.28 billion) over five years to integrate the city into China’s national computing network, positioning it as a key node in global computing.
China Mobile, the world’s largest telecoms operator by subscribers, opened its second data centre in northern Hong Kong on Wednesday. The state-owned group aims to fully integrate Hong Kong’s computing power into China’s national computing network, which has the world’s second-largest computing capacity behind only the United States. Construction on the project began in 2021. This is China Mobile’s second data centre in Hong Kong; its first, launched in 2014 in Tseung Kwan O, serves as a submarine cable landing station and international network hub supporting cross-border data exchange. Together, the two facilities have a combined capacity of more than 13,000 server racks. “We will actively promote the full integration of Hong Kong’s computing power into the national network, making the city an important node in the global computing layout,” said Chen Zhongyue, executive director and chairman of China Mobile, at the inauguration event in Fo Tan. The company has invested nearly HK$10 billion (US$1.28 billion) over five years to help turn Hong Kong into a global computing hub and said it would step up investment in next-generation submarine cables.