In response to a new cyber-security law, Apple is set to begin operating a new data centre in China. It’ll be Apple’s first data centre in the country but it said there won’t be any backdoors.
On Wednesday, Apple announced that it will open a data centre in China for the first time in order to comply with new cyber-security laws introduced last month. As part of the move, the iPhone maker will begin a partnership with data management company Guizhou-Cloud Big Data Industry.
According to an Apple spokesperson speaking to Reuters, the data centre is part of a planned 1 billion US dollar investment in the province of Guizhou:
Aside from this being Apple’s first data centre in the country, it is also the first foreign firm to announce amendments for the storage of Chinese users’ data following the introduction of the new cyber-security law last month. Some other American companies such as Microsoft and Amazon already have data centres setup in China.
Source: CGTN
