(Yicai Global) June 10 -- Kuaishou, a Chinese leading short-video and live streaming platform, will invest CNY10 billion (USD1.41 billion) to build a data center in the northern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, according to the company's announcement.

This followed a government pledge to develop new infrastructure across the country.

The new data center, to be built in Ulanqab City and launched in 2021, will mainly focus on big data and artificial intelligence, it said.

The Ulanqab data center will cover an area of about 33.33 hectares to hold some 300,000 servers, said Kuaishou.

Inner Mongolia was listed as one of China's big data development zones in 2016, while Ulanqab is home to data centers of technology giants such as Apple and Huawei.

China has pledged fresh efforts to advance the construction of new infrastructure, including next-generation information networks and 5G applications, according to a government work report delivered at the annual national legislative session.

Kuaishou said it also plans to build data centers in other parts of the country to support its technological innovation.

Editor: Xia Ruirui