Pingtan, the closest place on the Chinese mainland to Taiwan Island and a core pilot zone for cross-Straits integrated development, is accelerating the growth of its digital industry with the strong support of a large-scale smart computing center. Since its operation in June 2025, the Pingtan Cross-Straits Integration Smart Computing Center has gained wide market recognition for its stable computing power output and high-quality services, with monthly orders showing a steady upward trend.

Pingtan Cross-Straits Integration Smart Computing Center

Co-built by iSoftStone Information Technology (Group) Co., Ltd. and Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., the center has now ramped up to a total capacity of 2300P. The first phase (1000P) went live in June 2025, followed by an additional 1300P in December. Since launching, the center has seen steady growth in monthly orders, driven by demand for stable and reliable computing power. The power consumption data of the center vividly reflects the growing market demand for high-quality computing power: its monthly power consumption rose from 428,700 kilowatt-hours in June 2025 to 1.3368 million kilowatt-hours in December, a surge of 211 percent, and the annual power consumption is expected to reach nearly 20 million kilowatt-hours in 2026.

He Zhongfan, deputy manager of the Digital Energy Department of Pingtan Star Industrial Investment Group Co., Ltd., the project owner, said the steady rise in power consumption reflects the continuous release of market demand for high-quality computing power and the market recognition of the center's "green power + computing power" model. "We stick to the development concept of green power empowerment, converting Pingtan's wind power resources into computing power. This not only reduces our own carbon emissions in operation but also helps cooperative enterprises achieve green transformation," he added, citing this as a key reason for the center's growing market popularity.

The center's computing power services have brought tangible benefits to large model R&D enterprises, significantly improving their efficiency and reducing costs. Adopting a pay-as-you-go model, it effectively lowers the threshold for enterprises to use computing power and enables flexible allocation of computing power and optimization of operation methods. Cooperative enterprises report that the center's services have increased the training speed of large models by more than 50 percent and reduced the overall operating costs by about 40 percent, with the cost savings equivalent to building one less medium-sized data center each year.

You Jianfeng, project director of iSoftStone Information Technology (Group) Co., Ltd., played an important role in the project construction and subsequent service optimization. He said the company will continue to improve the service system of the smart computing center, focus on the actual needs of enterprises, and provide complete model and software resources to gradually build a convenient service model that "enterprises can use directly"—building out the service side to match computing power with the software and models businesses actually need. "In addition, we have built an enterprise-level exclusive AI work platform for employees. Through this platform, we actively participate in the construction of the national computing power network, providing solid support for the development of Pingtan's digital economy and also engaging in the national digital economy market," You Jianfeng stated.