{"id":182811,"date":"2025-06-14T03:55:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T03:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/182811\/"},"modified":"2025-06-14T03:55:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T03:55:11","slug":"hong-kong-plans-new-ai-supercomputing-centre-to-boost-tech-hub-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/182811\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong plans new AI supercomputing centre to boost tech hub status"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The Hong Kong government is set to enhance its computing power support for start-ups as part of its ambition to become a leading technology hub, according to the city\u2019s innovation chief, as local start-ups seek global clients at one of Europe\u2019s largest technology shows.<\/p>\n<p>Hong Kong planned to establish a new supercomputing centre at Sandy Ridge in the <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/northern-metropolis?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\">Northern Metropolis<\/a> \u2013 part of a government blueprint that aims to transform a large swathe of land in the New Territories into an economic hub, according to Secretary of Innovation, Technology and Industry Sun Dong.Speaking to the Post on the sidelines of the <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/big-tech\/article\/3314198\/chinese-tech-champions-tencent-unitree-boost-european-ties-amid-us-trade-war?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\">VivaTech conference in Paris<\/a> on Friday, Sun said the centre would provide computing power for Hong Kong and other parts of the Greater Bay Area, as well as surrounding regions.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Hong Kong\u2019s first Artificial Intelligence Supercomputing Centre, launched in Cyberport in December, is expected to deliver 3,000 petaflops of computing power by the end of this year.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The China Pavilion at the VivaTech fair in the Paris. Photo: AFP\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/261bb6bb-d5a9-4073-a997-25a4a33480a6_1126e908.jpg\" title=\"The China Pavilion at the VivaTech fair in the Paris. Photo: AFP\"\/>The China Pavilion at the VivaTech fair in the Paris. Photo: AFP<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) computing facilities comes as the city seeks to reposition itself as an international innovation and technology hub while navigating increasing US restrictions on access to advanced chips.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Hong Kong government is set to enhance its computing power support for start-ups as part of its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":182812,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3164],"tags":[323,75068,75073,521,3284,75074,299,34916,75065,3749,75070,75071,75067,75066,1411,75072,75069,53,16,15,72340],"class_list":{"0":"post-182811","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-computing","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-ailytics","10":"tag-aqumon","11":"tag-asia","12":"tag-computing","13":"tag-cyberport","14":"tag-europe","15":"tag-greater-bay-area","16":"tag-hkgai-v1","17":"tag-hong-kong","18":"tag-hong-kong-science-and-technology-parks","19":"tag-ivan-lau","20":"tag-midas-analytics","21":"tag-northern-metropolis","22":"tag-paris","23":"tag-sandy-ridge","24":"tag-sun-dong","25":"tag-technology","26":"tag-uk","27":"tag-united-kingdom","28":"tag-vivatech"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114679705055041413","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}