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China Mobile has invested nearly HK$10 billion (US$1.28 billion) over five years to help turn Hong Kong into a global computing hub, integrating the city into China’s national network.
The world’s largest telecoms operator by subscribers on Wednesday opened a new data centre in northern Hong Kong and said it would step up investment in next-generation submarine cables.
The state-owned group aims to bring Hong Kong into China’s national computing network, which has the world’s second-largest computing capacity, behind only the United States.
“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 centre’s inauguration event in Fo Tan.
The project, which began construction in 2021, 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 that supports cross-border data exchange.
Together, the two facilities have a combined capacity of more than 13,000 server racks.
The push to link Hong Kong more closely with mainland computing resources reflects China’s broader ambitions in artificial intelligence.
The city borders Shenzhen, one of China’s premier innovation and technology centres, home to major global firms such as Huawei, Tencent, DJI and BYD.
Authorities plan to use Hong Kong as a gateway to channel mainland computing power to overseas markets, while easing domestic capacity constraints and improving the efficiency of a rapidly expanding but fragmented data centre network.
“Over the next five years, Hong Kong is expected to become a key gateway connecting the mainland with the global digital economy,” said Leung Chun-ying, vice-chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.

He added that Hong Kong would need to strengthen its alignment with national development strategies, as sectors such as finance, the internet, AI, biomedicine and autonomous driving all relied on high-performance computing.
According to Leung, the new data centre would connect with multiple national computing hubs on the mainland, supporting digital economy cooperation across the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area and along the Belt and Road Initiative.
Earlier this month, the Hong Kong government announced the results of a land tender for a data park in the Northern Metropolis. Mainland firm Range Intelligent Computing Technology won the project, with 88 per cent of the floor area allocated to high-end data centre development.
The project is expected to attract HK$23.8 billion in investment over its first three years of development and generate HK$4.6 billion in economic output during the same period.
Acting Financial Secretary Michael Wong Wai-lun said at the same event on Wednesday that the roll-out of more high-performance computing platforms, such as China Mobile’s global intelligent computing centre, would significantly boost Hong Kong’s overall computing capacity and support the development of its AI industry.
Hong Kong launched a HK$3 billion funding scheme for AI in 2024, and has so far approved nearly 30 projects, covering areas such as large language models, new materials and biomedicine.
The city is also planning to establish a HK$10 billion innovation and technology industry guidance fund – which Wong said was expected to attract at least HK$30 billion in long-term market capital – focusing on sectors including AI.


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China Mobile opens new data centre and expands cables as Hong Kong is drawn deeper into China’s national computing network


China Mobile opens new data centre and expands cables as Hong Kong is drawn deeper into China’s national computing network.


China Mobile bets on Hong Kong as gateway for global computing flows

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China Mobile opens new data centre and expands cables as Hong Kong is drawn deeper into China’s national computing network