booktalesy Chapter 744: Data Center
Chapter 744: Data Center
After discussing personal matters, it was natural to start talking about business.
When the topic turned to work, Zhang Xiangguang's expression became much more serious than before: "Xiao Chuan, there's something important I need to tell you in person this time I'm in Shanghai."
"Okay, go ahead!" Huang Xiaochuan slowly poured tea back into Zhang Xiangguang's teacup.
"The first data center in the 'cloud' has been set up and is currently being debugged. It is expected to be connected to the network and provide services to global users by June at the latest." When he said this, Zhang Xiangguang's face showed a hint of barely suppressed excitement.
The "cloud data center" that Zhang Xiangguang mentioned is actually an extremely large park.
Soso.com's data center in the north covers hundreds of acres and includes four data buildings, each with an area of tens of thousands of square meters. This is only the first phase of the project. According to the overall construction plan, when the data center is fully completed, it will have more than ten such data buildings.
The main equipment in the data center building is the server racks. Each building has 6,000 server racks, and each server rack has more than a dozen Sun servers deployed. The number of servers in the first phase of the project has reached hundreds of thousands.
Moreover, these servers are major power consumers, with power loads measured in megawatts. Therefore, the power consumption of the first phase of the cloud data center has already reached the daily power consumption of a medium-sized county town.
High power consumption also means huge heat dissipation, so these data centers are equipped with massive cooling devices to ensure that the computer room operates in a constant temperature and humidity environment.
In addition, to ensure power safety, the data center was built near several large power plants. The northern power department also built a large substation specifically for the data center, and there is also its own large power station in the data center park to prevent unexpected power outages.
This data center is incredibly expensive and is the world's first cloud data center. The second one is the data center that Yuho is currently building, located in eastern Washington state, but that data center is twice the size of Soso's data center!
Once completed, Soso.com's data center will not only provide a great user experience for Soso.com's hundreds of millions of users, but will also offer a comprehensive suite of internet services to internet users worldwide and various potential clients—of course, these services will be charged.
Upon hearing the news, Huang Xiaochuan sincerely congratulated Zhang Xiangguang: "Wow! That's really good news, congratulations, Lao Zhang!"
"Look at what you're saying. We're in cahoots. This data center was built according to your concept framework, and the servers used were provided by Sun Microsystems. From the concept to the hardware, what aspect of it isn't related to you?"
Huang Xiaochuan smiled and did not deny it, but said, "Me? I'm just a hands-off manager. This data center was built brick by brick by you, Lao Zhang. I dare not and cannot steal your credit."
Zhang Xiangguang was getting impatient: "Alright, alright, what's the point of talking to me like this?"
Huang Xiaochuan laughed heartily: "Alright, alright! I won't say anything more. I'll treat you to drinks tonight, a celebration drink for both of us! Is that okay?"
"Of course!" Zhang Xiangguang readily agreed.
Just as Huang Xiaochuan was about to call Tang Jianhua, Zhang Xiangguang asked again, "I'm bringing my girlfriend along, you don't mind, do you?"
"Why should I mind? It's your business who you want to bring." Huang Xiaochuan knew this bald guy's nature and was used to his behavior.
Huang Xiaochuan then made another suggestion: "I'll invite a few friends over tonight, the more the merrier, otherwise it won't be as enjoyable as just the two of us!"
Zhang Xiangguang naturally went along with the host's wishes, and Huang Xiaochuan immediately started making phone calls to arrange meetings.
That evening, in a private room at the Huahong Hotel, Huang Xiaochuan introduced the guests to both sides: "I don't need to introduce this one, right? Zhang Gaolei, my college classmate."
"Of course I know him, he's Chairman Zhang of Huaxin Group. We met in the US, you know!" Zhang Xiangguang warmly shook Zhang Gaolei's hand.
"Mr. Zhang, it's been a long time!" Zhang Gaolei responded warmly to Zhang Xiangguang.
Following that, Huang Xiaochuan introduced Ma Yifeng, An Cheng, and Jiao Zhiyong to Zhang Xiangguang one by one.
Ma Yifeng and Zhang Xiangguang had met before, so they were quite familiar with each other. They shook hands and exchanged pleasantries with smiles. Afterwards, Zhang Xiangguang also shook hands with An Cheng and Jiao Zhiyong to get to know them.
Zhang Xiangguang didn't forget to introduce his female companion to everyone: "This is my girlfriend, Ms. Xiong Xiaoxiao!"
"Hello, hello!" Out of respect for Zhang Xiangguang, everyone greeted Xiong Xiaoxiao politely, and Huang Xiaochuan also smiled slightly at her as a greeting.
Xiong Xiaoxiao never expected that she would be able to have dinner in the same room as Huang Xiaochuan, Asia's richest man, tonight, because Zhang Xiangguang only told her that he would take her to a dinner party that night, without saying who she would be having dinner with.
Xiong Xiaoxiao never expected that she would be able to have dinner in the same room as Huang Xiaochuan, Asia's richest man, tonight, because Zhang Xiangguang only told her that he would take her to a dinner party that night, without saying who she would be having dinner with.
Who would have thought I'd be having dinner with this legendary, mysterious bigwig who's been the subject of much gossip in the industry! My goodness!
There weren't many photos of her online, and they weren't very clear. But when she met her in person today, she found that she was much better looking than in the photos. Looking at her bald boyfriend next to her, Xiong Xiaoxiao felt that the difference between the two was too great.
But she was extremely excited at the moment. If she went back to Yanjing and told others about it, they definitely wouldn't believe her.
Others might not know, but she knew how many socialites in the circle had been paying attention to this man, hoping to have the opportunity to meet him, but none of them had found the chance. Who would have thought that she would actually meet him today?
She forcefully suppressed her excitement and extended her hand to Huang Xiaochuan: "Hello, Mr. Huang, it's a pleasure to meet you!"
Out of respect for Zhang Xiangguang, Huang Xiaochuan lightly touched Xiong Xiaoxiao's fingers with his fingertips before withdrawing his hand.
At this moment, Zhang Xiangguang chimed in, "Xiao Chuan, Xiao Xiao is an elite in the financial world. She has participated in the mergers and acquisitions of many listed companies. She's a truly talented woman!"
"Really! She truly is a woman who is just as capable as any man!" With everyone carrying the sedan chair, Huang Xiaochuan naturally wouldn't hesitate to offer a few words of praise.
Xiong Xiaoxiao was very modest: "Mr. Huang, you flatter me. My little achievements are nothing compared to yours."
"Haha! Sit down, sit down! You guys don't all have to stand!" Huang Xiaochuan laughed with the woman and then invited everyone to sit down.
Having lived two lives, Huang Xiaochuan has a natural wariness of so-called female elites who are as pretty as vases but work in the financial investment industry.
Because he knew that true financial elites are extremely low-key. People who are truly engaged in top-tier mergers and acquisitions are usually very low-key because they have signed strict confidentiality agreements. Generally speaking, their clients are wealthy people, top billionaires, or large companies, so knowing how to keep secrets is an ironclad rule for survival in this industry.
Furthermore, the reality of this industry is that it is high-pressure, high-intensity, and long-duration. In later generations, some people have objectively given it the humorous name of "financial migrant workers." Huang Xiaochuan has many such financial elites under his command, so he is naturally familiar with their working conditions. Most of the time, they are in front of the computer making models, writing reports, and constantly attending one meeting after another. They have no time to socialize, attend cocktail parties, or have afternoon tea.
Huang Xiaochuan planned to find an opportunity to give Zhang Xiangguang a private reminder, lest he be caught off guard and suffer a setback. He wasn't worried about Zhang Xiangguang losing his virginity, but rather about this woman using Zhang Xiangguang's identity to swindle and cheat others, ultimately making Zhang Xiangguang take the blame.