Recently, a number of digital infrastructure projects have accelerated their construction and implementation, with smart computing centers becoming a key focus of layout. Smart computing centers have started construction or been put into use in many places such as Beijing, Sichuan, Ningxia, and Henan. The latest data shows that China's computing infrastructure construction has reached a world leading level, and the proportion of intelligent computing power has increased to over 30%. The reporter learned that in the next step, multiple regions and departments will continue to optimize the layout of computing infrastructure, increase the supply of high-performance intelligent computing power, improve computing power services, further meet the development needs of artificial intelligence applications, and accelerate the construction of a national integrated computing power system. In early July, Tianfu Intelligent Computing Southwest Computing Power Center was officially put into operation in Chengdu, Sichuan. It is reported that the center will use computing power to support Chengdu in building a billion dollar core industry of artificial intelligence, empowering artificial intelligence innovation in fields such as industrial manufacturing, natural sciences, biomedicine, and scientific research simulation experiments. This is not an isolated case. In the past month, the Yinchuan Green Intelligent Computing Center project has started construction intensively; Beijing Mobile has built its first large-scale training and promotion integrated intelligent computing center in Beijing, supporting the training and inference of large models with high complexity and high computing requirements, ranging from tens of billions to billions; The construction of Zhengzhou Artificial Intelligence Computing Center has started, with a total investment of over 1.6 billion yuan... Digital new infrastructure represented by the intelligent computing center is accelerating its construction and landing. According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on July 15th, as of the end of May, there were 460000 new 5G base stations built nationwide; More than 10 intelligent computing centers with high-performance computer clusters are planned, with intelligent computing power accounting for over 30% of the total computing power scale. The explosive development of applications such as artificial intelligence big models has driven a surge in demand for intelligent computing power Shan Zhiguang, Director of the Information Technology and Industrial Development Department of the National Information Center, stated in an interview with the Economic Reference Daily that intelligent computing has developed rapidly and has become the fastest-growing type of computing power structure in China. Among them, large models are the largest demander of intelligent computing power, accounting for nearly 60% of the demand. It is expected that by 2027, the annual compound growth rate of China's intelligent computing power scale will reach 33.9%. With the increasing demand for intelligent computing power, multiple parties are actively deploying to further enhance the supply capacity of intelligent computing power. The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently stated that they will strengthen the leadership of intelligent computing and optimize the structure of computing power. Actively promote the construction of artificial intelligence computing architecture and software ecosystem, accelerate breakthroughs in a number of landmark technology products and solutions, and encourage all parties to explore new models for the construction and operation of intelligent computing centers. In addition, many regions have also introduced special plans to clarify the construction goals for the next few years and improve support measures in terms of technology, application, and funding. For example, Jiangsu Province has released a special plan for the development of provincial computing infrastructure, proposing that by 2030, the total computing power in use in the province will exceed 50 EFLOPS (EFLOPS refers to billions of floating-point operations per second), with intelligent computing power accounting for over 45%; Gansu proposes to provide policy support for the construction of new infrastructure for computing power networks in terms of land use, municipal supporting facilities, talent introduction, and funding. Industry insiders believe that the innovative development of computing infrastructure is expected to drive the growth of digital economy related industries and inject new momentum into economic growth. Research has shown that for every 1 percentage point increase in the computing power index, the digital economy and gross domestic product (GDP) will grow by 3.3 ‰ and 1.8 ‰, respectively. It is worth mentioning that, in accordance with the deployment of "moderately advanced construction of digital infrastructure and acceleration of the formation of a national integrated computing power system" proposed in this year's government work report, multiple parties are exploring the interconnection of computing power while consolidating the foundation of computing power development. On July 11th, the first domestic computing power interconnection public platform was released, which will identify, register and test computing power resources nationwide. Through the platform, computing power resources and related computing power scheduling services can be queried nationwide, providing real and reliable computing power support for various industries and accelerating the promotion of computing power interconnection. Relevant departments such as the National Data Administration and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology have also accelerated their deployment, including the construction of a nationwide integrated computing power system with networked scheduling, universal access, and green security; Optimize the backbone network architecture around the national computing power hub nodes, build high-speed computing power networks, and deepen the empowering and supporting role of new information infrastructure in the digital transformation of the economy and society; Cultivate a group of competitive computing service enterprises and create a unified national computing service market. Yu Xiaohui, President of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, believes that the next step is to strengthen top-level design, study and formulate guidance and implementation guidelines for computing power interconnection, promote pilot demonstrations, and coordinate the construction of multi-level computing power interconnection platforms; Accelerate the construction of standards, form a complete system of interconnected computing power standards, guide the construction of industry norms, and use standards to drive technological innovation and industrial practice. Shan Zhiguang stated that it is necessary to focus on the development and business needs of the artificial intelligence industry, and to carry out the construction of intelligent computing centers in intensive, standardized, efficient, and green ways, with a focus on computing power hubs and areas with good foundations for artificial intelligence development. Through scientific layout, cloud sharing, network integration, and efficient scheduling, intelligent computing resources can be moderately advanced in development. At the same time, we will form an industrial ecosystem that promotes coordinated development of investment, construction, operation, management, and utilization, continuously improve the utilization rate of intelligent computing resources, drive the continuous reduction of the cost of intelligent computing power, and effectively play the role of "universal" and "universal intelligence" in intelligent computing. (New Society)