Empty data centres mushroom in China's remote provinces

Empty data centres mushroom in China's remote provinces

Shenzhen, China. Photo by Robert Bye on Unsplash

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.

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