Central‑Chinese Provinces Integrate Computing Resources into National Unified Computing Network at Hefei Industry Summit

The “Integrated Computing, Smart New Journey” Anhui Computing Industry Ecological Conference has convened in Hefei. More than 300 representatives from data‑management departments across central China including Shanxi, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei and Hunan, alongside Ningxia, leading domestic computing‑sector enterprises and research institutes, gather to discuss coordinated development for the computing industry.

Anhui has delivered tangible progress in building its provincial unified computing network. Construction of the Wuhu data‑centre cluster presses forward, and total provincial computing capacity stands at nearly 90 000 petaflops, almost a hundred‑fold increase compared with the end of the 13th Five‑Year Plan period. Against explosive growth in computing‑resource demand, Anhui seizes opportunities brought by the “six‑network” initiative. It strengthens platform‑based infrastructure and optimises data governance mechanisms, aiming to develop into a vital computing hub serving the Yangtze River Delta and broader central‑China regions.

Under the guidance of the National Data Administration, six provincial administrations from Shanxi, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei and Hunan have jointly connected their computing‑resource pools to China’s national unified computing network. This marks a key milestone for national‑level computing‑network deployment and lays fresh groundwork for central‑China’s digital‑economy expansion.

The Token‑Oriented Public‑Service Platform of Anhui goes live during the conference, with the first cohort of service providers formally onboarded. Acting as a comprehensive one‑stop AI service hub supported by diverse computing resources, the platform aggregates multiple mainstream domestic large‑language models. It delivers unified model access, adapted interfaces, metered settlement and security services. An agent supermarket is launched alongside the core platform, continuously rolling out agent‑based applications for industrial manufacturing, healthcare and corporate‑office scenarios.

Version 2.0 of Anhui Provincial Computing Co‑ordination and Scheduling Platform is unveiled concurrently. An all‑new computing‑finance service zone opens within the upgraded platform to link computing capacity with capital markets, offering financial‑leasing arrangements and pay‑after‑use models. Fourteen financial institutions including Agricultural Bank of China, Bank of China, SPD Bank and Huishang Bank have joined this service zone. Twenty‑eight additional data centres are brought onto the provincial platform, bringing the total number of connected facilities to 51 and achieving near‑complete onboarding of provincial computing resources.

Regional cross‑provincial resource pooling continues to reshape China’s digital‑infrastructure landscape. Newly deployed platforms create operational channels for AI model invocation, agent deployment and capital‑enabled computing‑resource circulation. Further iterative upgrades will underpin Anhui’s digital‑economy targets set for the 15th Five‑Year Plan timeframe.