In the city of Zhengzhou, an industrial DNA runs deep through its veins. From the roaring machinery of the First Five-Year Plan era to the surging computational power of the digital age, generations of enterprises have resonated with the city's rhythm, writing legendary chapters of their time.

When the Zhengzhou Cable Factory broke ground on Huashan Road in Zhongyuan District in 1959, few could have foreseen this "largest cable factory in Asia" would become a backbone of Chinese industry. Similarly, when Digital Technology Co., Ltd. established itself in Zhengzhou in 2021, few predicted this young tech firm would grow into a "Central Plains pearl" on the global computing power track within just four years.

The transition from cables to computing power, from "backbone" to "pearl," represents a shift in industrial form, yet the enduring resilience and commitment of Zhengzhou enterprises—"rooted in the Central Plains, empowering all industries"—remains unchanged in their core.

The Zhengzhou Cable Factory, a national gold award winner, is a memory of youth for a generation. The factory's emergence as an industrial landmark was rapid. Approved by the State Planning Commission and the First Ministry of Machine Building in 1958, it was officially established as a key national project. Construction began in March 1959 on a 63.68-hectare site, with plans to hire 8,226 workers in its first phase—an investment befitting the scale of the largest cable factory in Asia.

As the sole large-scale comprehensive enterprise manufacturing wires, cables, and electrical equipment during China's Second Five-Year Plan period, it was endowed with a special mission from its inception. In the planned economy era, the factory rose swiftly like a steel fortress, quickly becoming a key enterprise under the First Ministry of Machine Building. By the 1990s, it stood alongside counterparts in Shenyang and Shanghai, forming a tripartite balance in the industry, with comprehensive strength consistently ranking among the top three nationally.

The enterprise successively earned titles including National Second-Class Enterprise, Foreign Trade Autonomous Enterprise, and one of the "Backbone of China" Top 500 State-Owned Enterprises. Following reform and opening-up, the factory seized opportunities for revitalization. In 1982, products like bare aluminum strands and plastic power cables successfully entered international markets. By 1983, its industrial output value exceeded 100 million yuan for the first time, with total profits growing at an annual rate of 30.7%.

In 1991, it became the first wire and cable enterprise in China to obtain ISO9000 quality system certification from Lloyd's Register, marking the industry's first true alignment with international quality standards. Its cross-linked polyethylene insulated power cable won a national gold award in 1991 and was rated as a superior product in 1996. From the Three Gorges Project to the Shanghai World Expo, from Gezhouba Dam to Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant, the Zhengzhou Cable Factory's name was consistently on the supply lists for these national projects.

In 1996, its 220kV cross-linked cable passed national technical appraisal, becoming the first domestically produced product to fill the gap in China's ultra-high voltage cross-linked cable production. The 132kV product exported to Bangladesh was China's first ultra-high voltage cross-linked cable to enter the international market. Imported equipment, such as the Finnish MAILLEFER high-voltage production line and German TROESTER extruder, quietly narrate the story of the enterprise's technological innovation.

However, the tides of time never cease. In 1994, the production and operation division underwent corporatization reform. In 2002, Zhengzhou Cable Group Co., Ltd. was established. In 2007, strategic investors were introduced for restructuring. Post-restructuring, the enterprise ceased production and operational activities. The story of the Zhengzhou Cable Factory is a generation's memory of youth and a city's industrial nostalgia. Today, the factory site in the Zhengzhou Economic Development Zone has been reborn; after renovation, one workshop has transformed into a 30,000-square-meter "Heartbeat Super Sports World." The backbone spirit forged in those fervent years continues in a new form in the modern era.

When the Central Plains met the digital wave, a young tech firm completed its metamorphosis from industry newcomer to global "computing power pearl" in just four years. Since its establishment in Zhengzhou in November 2021, Digital Technology Co., Ltd. has written a legend of innovation with its remarkable speed, becoming the lead enterprise in Henan Province's advanced computing industrial chain and a testament to Zhengzhou's strategy of building a computing power hub.

Digital Technology Co., Ltd. was "in its prime" from the very beginning. At its headquarters base beside Beilong Lake in Zhengdong New District, the complex spans 182 acres with a built-up area of 270,000 square meters, arranged like a technological ark resting on the "dragon's back." Functional areas including the headquarters administration building, global advanced computing exhibition hall, and laboratories not only aggregate over 3,000 high-end jobs but also serve as an innovation landmark for China's computing power industry transitioning from "usable" to "highly effective."

Inside the exhibition hall, a lush "root technology tree" illustrates the company's founding vision of "rooted in the Central Plains, empowering all industries," with core technologies like artificial intelligence, software, and systems intertwining and growing here. Looking back to 2022, the company's first full year after establishing itself in Zhengzhou, it demonstrated strong developmental resilience. It quickly established a preliminary global business layout, setting up branches in Europe, Asia-Pacific, and other regions, with its customer base rapidly expanding from domestic to global.

That year, its supply chain system was integrated and optimized in Zhengzhou, laying a solid foundation for subsequent explosive growth. The year 2023 was critical for the company's technological breakthroughs. It made significant progress in liquid cooling technology, topping the market share chart for standard liquid-cooled servers in China for the first time with its innovative liquid-cooled entire cabinet server solution. The birth of this new "Made in Henan"名片 marked widespread market recognition of its technical strength in green computing power.

That same year, the company launched its City-Enterprise Digital Intelligence business, codifying its own digital transformation experience into replicable solutions. The year 2024 became a milestone in the company's history, with annual revenue surpassing the 40-billion-yuan mark for the first time. Its business footprint continued to expand, its customer base exceeded 10,000—including over 100 Fortune Global 500 companies—and its partner ecosystem grew to more than 24,000. The layout of its global R&D and supply centers was largely completed, with its service network covering over 100 countries and regions.

Henan Province designated the company as the lead enterprise in its advanced computing industrial chain, clarifying a pattern of government-enterprise collaborative development. In 2025, the company rode the momentum to initiate a crucial leap forward. While consolidating its core computing power business, it strategically entered the smart energy sector. Its supercharging station business entered the market, offering high-efficiency charging experiences of just over 20 minutes for a full charge, serving as a vivid example of its expansion into the new energy field.

From data centers to charging networks, from computing power services to smart energy solutions, the company's business map is extending into the broader intelligent era. Today, it has formed a synergistic development pattern across three business segments: computing power, city-enterprise digital intelligence, and smart energy. In computing power, it continues to seize market opportunities in AI and liquid cooling, maintaining the top spot in China's standard liquid-cooled server market share for two consecutive years. In city-enterprise digital intelligence, it leverages its business design capabilities to reconstruct core enterprise workflows. In smart energy, it utilizes industry-leading energy management capabilities to move towards full-scenario applications including robotics and the low-altitude economy.

Looking ahead, the company will continue to collaborate with global partners, ensuring that "intelligent computing, data, and energy" better serve the world amidst the wave of technological transformation driven by AI, data, computing power, and energy.

Two enterprises, two eras, two industrial forms, yet together they outline the clear trajectory of Zhengzhou's industrial development. From the Zhengzhou Cable Factory to Digital Technology Co., Ltd., from traditional manufacturing to the digital economy, the technological赛道 has changed, but the enterprises' mission to shoulder the responsibilities of their time within the city's development remains constant.

The Zhengzhou Cable Factory was born during a critical period of China's initial industrialization. In an era of rebuilding from scratch, it bore the responsibility of providing the "blood vessels" and "nerves" for national infrastructure development. Its products pulsed with the rhythm of major national projects. It was not merely a production facility but a bearer of national strategy and a攻坚者 of industrial technology. In the planned economy era, it provided employment for tens of thousands of families, trained numerous technical workers and management personnel, and laid the industrial foundation for Zhengzhou. Its rise earned Zhengzhou a significant place on the national industrial map; its struggles embodied the responsibility of the "Backbone of China" state-owned enterprises.

In contrast, Digital Technology Co., Ltd. was born in a new era defined by the surging wave of the digital economy. As computing power becomes the new productive force, and as AI, data, and energy emerge as core drivers of global change for the next 10-20 years, the company, with its vision of "co-building the era of intelligent entities," has precisely captured three major industrial opportunities: localization, AI, and liquid cooling, growing into a leading enterprise on the global computing power track within just four years.

Its development highly aligns with Zhengzhou's strategy of building a national central city and a computing power hub. The aggregation of over 3,000 high-end jobs, an ecosystem linked with more than 24,000 partners, and business coverage in over 100 countries and regions—the company's rise has not only contributed tens of billions in revenue to Zhengzhou but has also positioned the city at the forefront of the global computing power industry.

These two generations of enterprises reflect Zhengzhou's urban positioning and development logic across different eras. In the 1950s, relying on large state-owned enterprises like cotton mills and the cable factory, Zhengzhou transformed from a consumer city into an industrial city, establishing the industrial foundation of a "city pulled by the train." Today, Zhengzhou is accelerating its leap from "Zhengzhou Manufacturing" to "Zhengzhou Intelligent Manufacturing," with emerging tech firms like Digital Technology Co., Ltd. serving as the engine.

From the traditional industrial "backbone" to the digital economy "pearl," Zhengzhou's enterprises have always held an irreplaceable position in the city's development: they are the main engine of economic growth, the main force of technological innovation, a major platform for employment and livelihoods, and a golden名片 for the city's image.

More importantly, a common spirit flows between these two generations of enterprises—being rooted in the Central Plains, serving the nation, and pursuing excellence. The veteran workers of the Zhengzhou Cable Factory "endured blistered hands without complaint, bearing hardships first," contributing to national construction through simple, hard work. The young team at Digital Technology Co., Ltd., "centered on strivers," continuously breaks new ground in frontier areas like liquid cooling technology and AI computing power, placing "Made in Henan" at the center of the world stage. This spiritual传承 across time and space is the most valuable endogenous driving force for Zhengzhou's urban development.

From Huashan Road to the shores of Beilong Lake, from the 85-meter cross-linked tower to the 270,000-square-meter headquarters base, from cables to computing power, the form of Zhengzhou's enterprises has changed, but the commitment to "bolstering China's backbone" has never wavered. From them, we see not only the iterative upgrade of a city's industry but also the perpetual vitality of an urban spirit. This spirit will undoubtedly guide Zhengzhou to continue writing more legends, from "backbone" to "pearl," in the waves of the new era.