About 15 billion yuan ($2.2 billion) has been earmarked for investment into China Mobile’s Hohhot data center, which covers an area of 99.1 hectares. So far, about 1.2 billion yuan has already been invested. During the first phase of the project, three computer rooms have been built, and 6,000 racks have been installed.

In the BO1 computer room, 46 servers have been installed on 51 racks; in BO2 computer room, 176 servers have been installed on 86 racks. Some of the racks are being installed in the BO3 computer room.

It is expected another 1 billion yuan will be invested during construction of the second phase of the project. Two business centers as well as an apartment building and a restaurant for employees will also be built.