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China Deploys Nationwide Computing Network, 1.37 M PFLOPS, 1 ms Latency

6/17/2026

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Summary

Story summary

China has launched an integrated nationwide computing power network under the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030).
Pengcheng Laboratory’s monitoring hub records 1.37 million PFLOPS, roughly 72 % of national intelligent capacity.
The system links 10 clusters across eight hubs, with 27 municipal data centers and 42 nodes in Hubei.
China Mobile Hubei’s Lingban Computing Network delivers 1 ms intra-city latency and 10 ms to the eight core hubs.

History

Historical Context

In 2008 China’s National University of Defense Technology launched Tianhe-1, a 2.57-petaflop machine that marked the nation’s first petascale supercomputer. The follow-up Tianhe-1A in October 2010 doubled performance to 4.7 PFLOPS, and subsequent systems such as Tianhe-2 (33.86 PFLOPS, 2013) and the domestically-built Sunway TaihuLight (2016) showed a rapid shift toward home-grown HPC after U.S. export restrictions.

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Story summary

China has launched an integrated nationwide computing power network under the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030).
Pengcheng Laboratory’s monitoring hub records 1.37 million PFLOPS, roughly 72 % of national intelligent capacity.
The system links 10 clusters across eight hubs, with 27 municipal data centers and 42 nodes in Hubei.
China Mobile Hubei’s Lingban Computing Network delivers 1 ms intra-city latency and 10 ms to the eight core hubs.

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