ABSTRACT .................................................................................................................... 5
1. CURRENT LAYOUT OF GLOBAL DATA CENTER CONSTRUCTION .............................. 7
1.1. Global Data Center Development Scale .................................................... 7
1.2. Global Data Center Development Policies ................................................ 8
2. GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS IN COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES .................................. 11
2.1. Technological Developments at the Computing Infrastructure Layer .... 11
2.2. Technological Developments at the IT Layer .......................................... 14
2.3. Technological Developments at the O&M Layer ..................................... 19
3. CHALLENGES FACING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GLOBAL COMPUTING INDUSTRY .................................................................................................................. 21
3.1. Slowing Technological Iteration and Bottlenecks in Core Innovations ... 21
3.2. Pronounced Energy Consumption Pressure, Making Green Transition a Matter of Great Urgency ................................................................................ 21
3.3. Inadequate Coordination Mechanisms, Making Optimization of the Development Landscape an Urgent Need ...................................................... 22
3.4. Absence of a Standards System, Making Breakthroughs in Ecosystem Collaboration an Urgent Need ....................................................................... 23
4. GLOBAL COMPUTING POWER DEVELOPMENT OUTLOOK .................................... 23
4.1. Make Breakthroughs in Key Technologies to Drive Continuous Architectural Innovation ................................................................................. 23
4.2. Implement the “Dual Carbon” Strategy to Foster Green and Low-carbon Pathways ........................................................................................................ 24
4.3. Deepen Global Collaboration to Reshape the Development Landscape of Competition and Cooperation ........................................................................ 24
4.4. Advance Joint Development of Standards to Facilitate Ecosystem Integration ...................................................................................................... 25
5. REFERENCES .......................................................................................................... 26