China Builds Over 70 Major Computing Power Channels Around Compute Hubs
China's National Bureau of Statistics announced that over 70 high-speed computing power channels have been constructed around national compute hubs as of the end of June. This milestone forms part of China's 'Six Networks' national infrastructure initiative driving a 42% year-over-year investment surge in internet and related services. Establishing these high-speed channels enables unified national allocation of compute resources, balancing supply and demand between eastern data generators and western compute facilities. It reinforces China's foundational digital infrastructure for large-scale AI workloads and cross-regional data transmission. The computing power channels connect core national data hub nodes and have improved interconnect network performance between hubs by approximately 10%. The broader 'Six Networks' framework covers computing networks, new power grids, next-generation communications, water networks, urban underground piping, and logistics.
## BACKGROUND
China's national compute strategy relies on transferring processing workloads from densely populated eastern coastal cities to energy-abundant western regions (known as the 'East-to-West Computing' project). High-capacity, low-latency network interconnects—referred to as 'computing power channels'—are essential to enable seamless data exchange across these distant data centers. The 'Six Networks' initiative represents top-level planning for major infrastructure under the nation's 15th Five-Year Plan framework.