China allows foreign players to own data centres in new pilot scheme

Posted on October 25, 2024 by Guest authors

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has reportedly kicked off a pilot programme to allow foreign investors to operate wholly-owned data centres and other telecoms-related services in select locations.

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