Empty data centres multiply in China's far-flung provinces

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High-tech ghost towns and digital bridges to nowhere.

Empty data centres multiply in China's far-flung provinces
Remote Chinese provinces are building more data centres in deserts and isolated valleys to house powerful computers and servers, but with users scarce, many risk becoming high-tech ghost towns and digital bridges to nowhere. Beijing is set to spend more than US$400 billion this year on ...

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