苹果将在贵州建数据中心
Apple Inc will invest $1 billion in new data centers in Guizhou province in China.
苹果公司将投资10亿美元在中国贵州省建设一座新数据中心。
The move is part of a deal Apple inked with Guizhou provincial government on Wednesday.
Under the partnership, these data centers will be operated by Guizhou-Cloud Big Data Industry Co Ltd, an enterprise owned by the Guizhou provincial government.
Apple will register a business entity in Guiyang to help build the data centers and offer technology support, according to a joint statement.
Guizhou-Cloud Big Data Industry will also become the sole operating partner of Apple's iCloud service on the Chinese mainland.
The deal marks Apple's latest push to step up investment in China where it is facing mounting competition from rivals.