I-Apple iqalile ukusebenza ngokusemthethweni kwi iziko layo lokuqala data e China ngaphezu kweminyaka emithathu emva kokuba iqalile ukwakha indawo yokugcina idatha yabathengi ngaphakathi kwemida yelizwe.
Iziko ledatha, ibekwe kumazantsi-ntshona kwiphondo laseGuizhou, Iqale ukusebenza kule veki, ngokutsho kwamaphephandaba asekuhlaleni. Iziko ledatha liya kusetyenziswa yiGuizhou-Cloud Big Data (GCBD) kwaye liya kusetyenziswa ukugcina idatha ye-iCloud yabathengi baseTshayina kwilizwe lonke. Ngokwemithombo yeendaba karhulumente XinhuaNet, iziko ledatha "liya kuphucula amava abasebenzisi baseTshayina ngokubhekiselele kwisantya sokufikelela kunye nokuthembeka kwenkonzo."
U-Apple uceba iziko lesibini ledatha kwisixeko sase-Ulanqab kwiNgingqi yeMongolia eZimeleyo. Ngo-2016, urhulumente waseTshayina wapasisa umthetho omtsha we-cybersecurity oza kunyanzela i-Apple ukuba igcine idatha yabathengi kwiiseva zasekhaya. Kunyaka olandelayo, i-Apple yatyikitya isivumelwano kunye norhulumente waseGuizhou ukuba aqalise ukuseka iziko lakhe lokuqala ledatha elizweni.
Imithetho yase-US iyayithintela i-Apple ekunikezeni idatha kumagunya aseTshayina. Nangona kunjalo, njengenxalenye yezivumelwano zayo kweli lizwe, iGCBD ngumnini osemthethweni Apple iCloud data e China. Oko kuvumela abasemagunyeni baseTshayina ukuba bafune idatha kwinkampani yezonxibelelwano, endaweni ye-Apple.
Into abayithethayo ngesiNgesi nguWin-Win. Bobabini bayaphumelela. China kunye Apple. Eyokuqala ngokugcina idatha ekuhlaleni kunye nokufezekisa ukufikelela ngokukhawuleza. I-Apple, ngokomeleza amaqhina kunye namandla amakhulu kunye nokuba nedatha kuloo ndawo kwaye isondele kubasebenzisi, izuza ngokukhululeka kwaye ihlise iindleko. Nokuba ujonge njani, uhlala uphumelela kulo mdlalo.