After the three super projects of the West-East Gas Transmission, the West-East Power Transmission and the South-North Water Transfer, the fourth super project of cross-regional resource allocation in China - the "East to West" project has been officially launched recently. The full launch of the project marks the "fast forward" key for the construction of digital China and the network power. For the petroleum and chemical industry, "counting from the east to the west" will also promote the digitalization and high-quality development of the industry.

First, "counting from the east to the west" will provide a solid foundation for the digital transformation of chemical enterprises.

In the era of digital economy, chemical process simulation and simulation, molecular simulation design and other processes require a large number of complex calculations. Chemical enterprises have an increasing demand for "cloud access, data utilization and intelligence", especially for computational power. The promotion of the "East to West" project will further improve and optimize the computing power, help reduce the cost of enterprises using data in the cloud, accelerate the application and landing of new technologies such as industrial Internet and artificial intelligence, which will undoubtedly provide a more solid foundation for the innovative development and digital transformation of chemical enterprises.

Second, "counting from the east to the west" will bring "Hu Die Effect" to modern coal chemical industry.

At present, most of China's data centers are located in the east. With the increasing shortage of land, energy and other resources in these areas, large-scale development has become unsustainable. The western part of China is rich in resources and has the potential to develop data centers and undertake the demand for computing power in the east. This is also the background for China to carry out the project of "counting from the east to the west".

For this reason, from the mountains in Guizhou to the vast grasslands in Inner Mongolia, the western region with rich resources and low electricity bills has become the fertile ground for many IT enterprise data centers to take root. For example, Huawei, Kwai, Alibaba, Youkede and other enterprises have chosen to build data centers in Inner Mongolia. In short, the data center consumes a lot of electricity and water, so it is appropriate to build it in the west with abundant energy and cheap price.

Coincidentally, a considerable part of China's modern coal chemical projects are also built in the western region, and they also have the problem of large power and water consumption. Under the background of "double carbon" and "double control", the energy conservation and emission reduction of coal chemical enterprises is imminent. With the promotion of "counting from the east to the west", it can be predicted that the "cheap" electricity resources and the already insufficient water resources in the west will no longer be readily available, and the extensive development model will also be unsustainable. This will also force coal chemical enterprises to further transform and upgrade, squeeze every share of resources and make full use of every waste heat, so as to improve the competitiveness of enterprises and products.