China's Belt and Road pivots from coal plants to data centers

Concern about costs puts more focus on biotech and digital projects

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Senegal's government data center in Diamniadio was a joint project with China, with servers provided by Huawei Technologies. (Photo by Ryohei Yasoshima)

RYOHEI YASOSHIMA and ANNA NISHINO, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- China's Belt and Road Initiative has been shifting away from signature big infrastructure projects in favor of less capital-intensive fields like IT and biotechnology, investment data shows.

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