China Mobile bets on Hong Kong as gateway for global computing flows

2026-03-25 - 11:33

China Mobile has invested nearly HK$10 billion (US$1.28 billion) over five years to help turn Hong Kong into a global computing hub, integrating the city into China’s national network. The world’s largest telecoms operator by subscribers on Wednesday opened a new data centre in northern Hong Kong and said it would step up investment in next-generation submarine cables. The state-owned group aims to bring Hong Kong into China’s national computing network, which has the world’s second-largest...