Articles for New Infrastructure

Power-hungry AI data centers are raising electric bills and blackout risk
4 months, 1 week ago

Power-hungry AI data centers are raising electric bills and blackout risk

LA Times  

Near the Salton Sea, a company plans to build a data center to support artificial intelligence that would cover land the size of 15 football fields and require power that could support 425,000 homes. In Santa Clara — the heart of Silicon Valley — electric rates are rising as the municipal utility spends heavily on transmission lines and other infrastructure …

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Power usage, innovation driven by new infrastructure
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Power usage, innovation driven by new infrastructure

China Daily  

Factory workers at a charging pile manufacturer in Luoyang, Henan province, inspect EV charging piles. China's rapid development of new infrastructure has emerged as a key driver of power consumption, fueling substantial growth in sectors such as 5G, artificial intelligence and electric vehicles, said industry experts. Electricity consumption for internet data services, including big data processing, cloud storage, cloud computing …

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China on track for sustained growth
9 months ago

China on track for sustained growth

China Daily  

Technicians run tests on manufacturing robots at a workshop in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu province, in February. This vast population not only offers abundant labor resources but also generates substantial consumer demand, creating a massive market advantage and providing extensive development opportunities and multiple possibilities for economic growth. China's current phase of rapid development in new industrialization, informatization, urbanization, and agricultural modernization …

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Govt schools to get new infrastructure: Himanta Biswa Sarma
2 years, 1 month ago

Govt schools to get new infrastructure: Himanta Biswa Sarma

India TV News  

Assam: Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said that all government schools in the state will soon get new infrastructure. Sarma, along with Education Minister Ranoj Pegu, the state government's education advisor Nani Gopal Mahanta and senior officials, visited several old government schools in Guwahati and inspected the existing facilities. As a part of this, 10 schools in Guwahati …

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China's central SOEs up investment in new infrastructure
2 years, 6 months ago

China's central SOEs up investment in new infrastructure

China Daily  

Technicians from China Mobile check a 5G base station in Tongling, Anhui province. BEIJING -- China's centrally administered State-owned enterprises are ramping up investment in new types of infrastructure to facilitate industrial transformation, data from the country's top State-asset regulator showed. In 2021, over 700 subsidiaries of nearly 70 central SOEs invested a total of 400 billion yuan in new …

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Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Govt can’t leave it to pvt sector to spend on infra
3 years, 3 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Govt can’t leave it to pvt sector to spend on infra

Deccan Chronicle  

The National Asset Monetisation, also known as the National Monetisation Pipeline, has been launched with the release of the two-volume mini-tome of the Niti Aayog — “National Monetisation Pipeline Volume 1: Monetisation Guidebook” and “National Monetisation Pipeline Volume 2: Asset Pipeline” — by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on August 23. Attributing, as usual, the entire initiative to the vision of …

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Experts: Key projects will steady investments
3 years, 5 months ago

Experts: Key projects will steady investments

China Daily  

Robots operate on a production line at an automotive glass workshop of the Fuyao Glass Industry Group Co Ltd in Fuqing City of Fuzhou, East China's Fujian province, Jan 12, 2021. China is accelerating implementation of major projects with focus on high-tech manufacturing, "new infrastructure" and new urbanization initiatives, which will help stabilize investments and create jobs, playing a key …

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每日一词∣交通领域新基建 new infrastructure construction in the transport sector
4 years, 4 months ago

每日一词∣交通领域新基建 new infrastructure construction in the transport sector

China Daily  

交通运输部近日印发指导意见称，我国将推动交通运输领域新型基础设施建设，促进交通基础设施数字转型、智能升级。 China will promote new infrastructure construction in the transport sector to advance its transformation to digitalization and the use of artificial intelligence, according to a guideline issued by the Ministry of Transport. 2020年6月27日，上海启动智能网联汽车规模化示范应用，首批智能网联汽车在滴滴出行App上开放服务。图为主驾驶座上的安全员在车辆行驶时两手放在方向盘旁，前排座椅背后的屏幕上实时显示行人、车辆等周边路况。（图片来源：新华社） 【知识点】 新型基础设施是以新发展理念为引领，以技术创新为驱动，以信息网络为基础，面向高质量发展需要，提供数字转型、智能升级、融合创新等服务的基础设施体系。8月6日，交通运输部印发《关于推动交通运输领域新型基础设施建设的指导意见》（简称《指导意见》），围绕加快建设交通强国总体目标，以技术创新为驱动，以数字化、网络化、智能化为主线，以促进交通运输提效能、扩功能、增动能为导向，推动交通基础设施数字转型、智能升级，建设便捷顺畅、经济高效、绿色集约、智能先进、安全可靠的交通运输领域新型基础设施。 《指导意见》提出，到2035年，交通运输领域新型基础设施建设取得显著成效。先进信息技术深度赋能交通基础设施，精准感知、精确分析、精细管理和精心服务能力全面提升，成为加快建设交通强国的有力支撑。基础设施建设运营能耗水平有效控制。泛在感知设施、先进传输网络、北斗时空服务在交通运输行业深度覆盖，行业数据中心和网络安全体系基本建立，智能列车、自动驾驶汽车、智能船舶等逐步应用。科技创新支撑能力显著提升，前瞻性技术应用水平居世界前列。 【重要讲话】 要瞄准世界科技前沿，强化基础研究，实现前瞻性基础研究、引领性原创成果重大突破。加强应用基础研究，拓展实施国家重大科技项目，突出关键共性技术、前沿引领技术、现代工程技术、颠覆性技术创新，为建设科技强国、质量强国、航天强国、网络强国、交通强国、数字中国、智慧社会提供有力支撑。 We should aim for the frontiers of science and technology, strengthen basic research, and make major breakthroughs in pioneering basic research …

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每日一词∣交通领域新基建 new infrastructure construction in the transport sector
4 years, 4 months ago

每日一词∣交通领域新基建 new infrastructure construction in the transport sector

China Daily  

交通运输部近日印发指导意见称，我国将推动交通运输领域新型基础设施建设，促进交通基础设施数字转型、智能升级。 China will promote new infrastructure construction in the transport sector to advance its transformation to digitalization and the use of artificial intelligence, according to a guideline issued by the Ministry of Transport. 2020年6月27日，上海启动智能网联汽车规模化示范应用，首批智能网联汽车在滴滴出行App上开放服务。图为主驾驶座上的安全员在车辆行驶时两手放在方向盘旁，前排座椅背后的屏幕上实时显示行人、车辆等周边路况。（图片来源：新华社） 【知识点】 新型基础设施是以新发展理念为引领，以技术创新为驱动，以信息网络为基础，面向高质量发展需要，提供数字转型、智能升级、融合创新等服务的基础设施体系。8月6日，交通运输部印发《关于推动交通运输领域新型基础设施建设的指导意见》（简称《指导意见》），围绕加快建设交通强国总体目标，以技术创新为驱动，以数字化、网络化、智能化为主线，以促进交通运输提效能、扩功能、增动能为导向，推动交通基础设施数字转型、智能升级，建设便捷顺畅、经济高效、绿色集约、智能先进、安全可靠的交通运输领域新型基础设施。 《指导意见》提出，到2035年，交通运输领域新型基础设施建设取得显著成效。先进信息技术深度赋能交通基础设施，精准感知、精确分析、精细管理和精心服务能力全面提升，成为加快建设交通强国的有力支撑。基础设施建设运营能耗水平有效控制。泛在感知设施、先进传输网络、北斗时空服务在交通运输行业深度覆盖，行业数据中心和网络安全体系基本建立，智能列车、自动驾驶汽车、智能船舶等逐步应用。科技创新支撑能力显著提升，前瞻性技术应用水平居世界前列。 【重要讲话】 要瞄准世界科技前沿，强化基础研究，实现前瞻性基础研究、引领性原创成果重大突破。加强应用基础研究，拓展实施国家重大科技项目，突出关键共性技术、前沿引领技术、现代工程技术、颠覆性技术创新，为建设科技强国、质量强国、航天强国、网络强国、交通强国、数字中国、智慧社会提供有力支撑。 We should aim for the frontiers of science and technology, strengthen basic research, and make major breakthroughs in pioneering basic research …

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China leads peers in 5G investments
4 years, 4 months ago

China leads peers in 5G investments

China Daily  

A visitor tries out a game supported by 5G and virtual reality technologies during an exhibition in Nantong, Jiangsu province, in July. A newly-launched report by market consultancy Gartner Inc said the country leads the world in 5G development and is expected to contribute 49.4 percent of 5G investment globally this year. "Cost-effective infrastructure manufactured in China is paving the …

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