{"id":54050,"date":"2025-12-15T13:18:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T13:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/?p=54050"},"modified":"2026-07-22T17:09:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T16:09:59","slug":"china-activates-nationwide-ai-computing-network-linking-40-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/2025\/12\/15\/china-activates-nationwide-ai-computing-network-linking-40-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"China activates nationwide AI computing network linking 40 cities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>China has brought a vast high-speed optical network online to connect computing resources nationwide, enabling distributed systems to operate with near supercomputer-level performance.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>China has officially placed its Future Network Experimental Facility (FNEF) into operation, marking a major milestone in the country\u2019s next-generation computing and communications infrastructure, according to state media reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The facility links computing and research centers in 40 cities across China through a newly constructed high-speed optical fiber network spanning more than 55,000 kilometers or 34,175 miles. The system allows geographically distributed computing resources to be scheduled and operated collectively, enabling performance that approaches a single large-scale supercomputer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Future Network Experimental Facility supports advanced networking capabilities. These include up to 128 independent virtual networks operating simultaneously, as many as 4,096 concurrent experimental services and deterministic ultra-low-latency high-reliability data transmission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Together, these features are designed to support Artificial Intelligence model training, high-performance scientific computing, industrial simulations and other data-intensive applications that require tightly coordinated computing resources across long distances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During testing, the network transmitted a 72-terabyte dataset generated by China\u2019s Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope, known as FAST. The transfer was completed in approximately 1.6 hours, a task that would normally take hundreds of days using conventional Internet connections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials said the demonstration highlighted the facility\u2019s ability to support large-scale scientific research and near real-time data processing workloads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The facility forms part of China\u2019s broader East Data, West Computing initiative, which aims to balance national computing demand by linking data-rich eastern regions with major computing hubs in central and western China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to project leaders, the network is expected to operate as a shared national platform for research institutions, universities and enterprises, supporting innovation in Artificial Intelligence, next-generation Internet technologies, smart manufacturing, remote services and future network research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials added that continued expansion, open access policies and collaboration with industry partners will help ensure long-term reliability, security and global relevance for China\u2019s evolving national computing infrastructure in coming years ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China has brought a vast high-speed optical network online to connect computing resources nationwide, enabling distributed systems to operate with near supercomputer-level performance. China has officially placed its Future Network Experimental Facility (FNEF) into operation, marking a major milestone in the country\u2019s next-generation computing and communications infrastructure, according to state media reports. 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