[CPECC Signed Contract for Niger Oilfield Power Station Project]Recently, CPECC West Africa Company received a notice of award for the power station operation and maintenance project from CNPC Niger, marking the first time that West Africa Company has entered the Niger oil field power station operation and maintenance market. The Niger Oil Field Power Station Operation and Maintenance Project is located in the Koulele CPF and Sokor FPF blocks of the Agadem oil field in Niger. It mainly includes the operation and maintenance of 5 generator units and their supporting fuel, water treatment and lubricating oil systems, substations, emergency generators, 160 kilometers of 11 kV overhead transmission lines, and 120 kilometers of 33 kV overhead transmission lines, with a contract period of 3 years. The power station is planned to be put into operation and generate electricity in October this year, mainly providing power guarantee for the Kouulele oil region. Editor/Ma Xue
On November 11th, Google announced that it will invest 5.5 billion euros (2026-2029) in Germany to build infrastructure and office spaces, including a new data center in Dizenbach, continuing to invest in the existing Hanau data center campus, and expanding office spaces in Berlin, Frankfurt, and Munich. Editor/Xu Shengpeng
Alibaba has secretly launched the "Qianwen" project, creating a personal AI assistant named Qianwen APP based on the strongest model of Qwen, which fully benchmarks ChatGPT and joins the top competition of global AI applications. The core management of Alibaba sees it as the "battle of the future in the AI era" and hopes to win the competition by leveraging Qwen's open-source technology advantages. This is another important layout of Alibaba's AI strategy after announcing a 380 billion investment in AI infrastructure at the beginning of the year. Previously, Alibaba had been heavily focused on the B-end AI market, providing model API services to various industries through Alibaba Cloud. Based on Qwen's excellent performance and international influence, Alibaba's management believes that the time is ripe to launch the Qianwen C-end battle. Editor/Xu Shengpeng