In recent years, with the emergence and development of new technologies such as 5G, artificial intelligence, and edge computing, the Internet has entered a rapid development model. As the core infrastructure in the process of digital transformation, the data center has also set off a new round of construction boom. Various large and small enterprises have invested to join the ranks of data center construction, and the Chinese IDC market has entered a mature period.
Under this development model, China's IDC industry also faces many challenges. How to adapt to the new development model? How can we improve our service level in a fiercely competitive environment? What kind of development trend will China IDC market present in the future ... As a feature of the 14th China IDC Industry Annual Ceremony (IDCC2019), the We Interview Column Group interviewed Shanghai Mr. Du Jun, President of Youfu Network, asked him to express his views on these issues.
Regarding the development of China's IDC market, Mr. Du Jun said that in 2019, China's IDC market has shown steady growth under the development of 5G, edge computing and other technologies. Among them, the IDC application scenarios of Internet companies are more stable and the proportion of digital transformation of traditional enterprises Increasingly, the rapid growth of mobile Internet, video and other industries, the number of customers in vertical industries such as e-commerce and live broadcast, the expansion of business scale, and the increase in the penetration rate of information technology in traditional industries have driven the growth of China's IDC market.
As a member of China's IDC enterprise army, Youfu Network will continue to innovate and develop in 2019.
First, Youfu Network planned the Lingang Phase I data center and Waigaoqiao Data Center in Shanghai, and successfully cooperated with Shenzhen Tianwei Video to build a data center in the Shenzhen-Shanshan Special Cooperation Zone, and launched the Beijing Yongfeng Phase II data center. Building. Earlier this year, in the "Guiding Opinions on Enhancing the Coordination and Construction of the Shanghai Internet Data Center" issued by the Shanghai Economic and Information Commission and the Development and Reform Commission, it was pointed out that the number of new racks in the Shanghai Internet Data Center was strictly controlled within 60,000. Fu Network won the first batch of 5000 racks in Shanghai.
Secondly, Youfu Network takes root in the industry, sinks services, and deeply cultivates users, redeploys the business structure, clarified strategic steps and methodologies, and accumulated rich customer service experience, including AI, big data, IOT and other fields. Participate in in-depth cooperation in 5G, edge computing and blockchain, establish a benchmarking application demonstration platform, and build a professional operation team.
Mr. Du Jun mentioned that Youfu Network is still doing strategic planning to adapt to the development of the company in the next three years. 2019 can be said to be a new round of growth point.
Deeply cultivate the IDC industry and carry out multi-party cooperation to create industry value
In 2019, China's IDC industry maintained a strong growth trend, and played a strong role in the development of edge computing, 5G, and blockchain technologies. In recent years, the country has successively introduced guidelines, policies, and strategic plans for data centers and cloud computing, and has responded positively throughout the country. A network system composed of national and regional data centers has been formed. Basic operators and third-party operators , Data center operators and other parties have injected capital.
Speaking of future development plans, Mr. Du Jun said that around 2022, Youfu Network will move closer to the first echelon of domestic IDC companies. Targeting first-tier cities, accelerate the construction of data centers, do a good job in resource reserves, fully build an intelligent data center operation system, build an efficient operation and management integration team, conform to the development trend of green data centers, and apply advanced construction innovatively. , Operation and maintenance management technology, and eventually became a very competitive data center service provider in China. In addition, Youfu Network will focus on integrating the upstream and downstream of the IDC industry, and work together with customers, business partners, etc. to create value.
Based on customer needs, comprehensively improve the level of data center operation and management
Operation and maintenance management is a topic often talked about in data centers. Ensuring the safe and efficient operation of data centers requires enterprises to continuously improve their operating standards to meet the growing demand for data centers. Providing high-quality and high-quality operation management services is a major issue in the IDC industry. . In this regard, Mr. Du Jun said that, first of all, in terms of data center operations, Youfu Networks has made many targeted improvements and attempts in terms of staffing, management mode, management system, intelligent operation and maintenance, energy saving and emission reduction, etc. Operation and maintenance management system construction, in addition, the full life cycle management of all computer rooms has upheld a scientific and rigorous attitude, and cultivated a large number of outstanding professional service talents. Second, in terms of customer service, more attention is paid to SLA and service quality control. Customers provide more reliable products, better services, and become professional IDC operation service providers who understand their customers better.
Achieve the goal of green data center construction according to local conditions
Since the first-tier cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and other cities have introduced data center construction restriction policies, IDC companies have begun to move to first-tier cities, thereby forming a first-tier data center industry belt. At the same time, new technologies such as air-cooled and water-cooled technologies have also emerged product. Regarding the construction of green energy-saving data centers, Mr. Du Jun said that in order to achieve the goals of reasonable layout of the Chinese IDC market and energy conservation and consumption reduction, in recent years, Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangdong have issued data center construction restriction policies. As an example, it carried out detailed specifications and requirements in terms of planning and selection, scale and function, safety, energy conservation, operating entities, and demonstration, evaluation, and monitoring, reflecting the local determination to build a new data center and energy consumption control.
In order to adapt to the current development trend of data centers, Youfu Network has greatly improved the operation and maintenance management of data centers compared with 2018. In the defense battle of energy conservation and consumption reduction, local conditions, advanced equipment and management technology are being used, and we are moving towards the goal of higher efficiency and lower PUE.
China achieves "curve overtaking" as the second pole in the global IDC industry
With the formal commercialization of 5G, the Internet has entered a rapid development mode. At the same time, the emergence of new technologies such as AI, edge computing, and the Internet of Things has shown an explosive growth in data volume, and the demand for data centers as data storage and transmission has also followed. increase. The emergence of these new technologies and products will inevitably have a certain impact on the development of China's IDC industry. Mr. Du Jun interpreted the current development of the international and domestic IDC markets. He stated that from an international perspective, the current "1 The pattern of "super multi-strong" is stable. The United States still occupies the top spot in terms of market size, technical strength, and international capital cooperation, followed by the European Union and China.
Relying on the huge market size and the continuous strength of major manufacturers, and relying on strong technical support, China has achieved "curve overtaking", becoming the second pole in the global IDC industry. The size of China's IDC market will continue to rise in the future. It is expected that by 2020, China's IDC market will usher in a new round of large-scale growth, and the market size will exceed 200 billion yuan. According to relevant data, from the perspective of the compound growth rate from 2017 to 2022, the market's expectations for the United States and China are about 8% to 10% and 30%, respectively. The domestic market growth is much higher than the United States, so China has a huge potential. In the market, as an IDC service operator, enterprise services in 2020 need to continue to sink and focus.
Taken as a whole, the future competitive landscape will develop in two directions: first, major vendors will be racing to seize opportunities in the digital economy; second, the merger and acquisition will be overwhelming, and the global IDC industry will be shaken.
Finally, referring to the 14th China IDC Industry Annual Ceremony, Mr. Du Jun said that the IDCC Annual Ceremony is gradually becoming mature, and he hopes that it can continue to be explored in depth and in many fields such as cloud computing, big data, AI and blockchain Integration, focus on emerging fields and technologies, make more attempts to promote the development of the industry, and achieve better results.