Severe Cold Weather is Valuable to Build Northeast China as the Largest Data and Computing Centre in China and in the World

Revitalization of economy in Northeast China is very important for sustainable development in Chinese economy because the economy in Northeast China lags behind most parts of China. An important factor, which impedes the economic development in Northeast China, is its severe cold weather. Consequently, the Northeast China faces a series of issues, for example, less attraction to youth, decline of population, aging of population, lack of investment, out-of-date infrastructure, etc. In this study, we propose to restructure the economy in Northeast China from the labour-intensive heavy industry to the high-tech industry based on data storage and computing. This is possible because the severe cold weather is good for cooling data storage and computing facility, which is highly energy-demanded. Taking this economic advantage, it could transform the Northeast China into the largest data storage and computing centre in China, which would promote the development of green economy in China, and even in the world.