Apple Inc. will set up another data center in China, this time in the city of Ulanqab in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Xinhua News Agency reported, citing a local government announcement.
The new data center, scheduled to start operating in 2020, will offer iCloud services to mainland China customers, according to the Ulanqab city government.
The building project will utilize 100% renewable energy sources as part of the cooperation agreement between Apple and the city government.
Ulanqab, listed as one of the country's big data development zones in 2016, also houses a data center of Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.
Apple announced in July 2017 that it was opening its first data center in southwestern China's Guizhou province to comply with stricter cybersecurity laws introduced in the country.
The iPhone maker is scheduled to hand over the management of its iCloud service to local firm Guizhou on the Cloud Big Data Industrial Development Co. Ltd. on Feb. 28.
