Smartphone and networking equipment maker Huawei has hundreds of thousands of employees around the world, and now the tech giant has opened its new campus in China to create a comfortable collaboration space for even more people, according to CNBC.
Huge Huawei campus, dubbed "Ox Horn", which can literally be translated as "Ox Horn", is located in southern China. Ox Horn is divided into 12 districts - "cities", each of which is designed to imitate a separate European city. The campus has an artificial lake, its own railroad system, and enough space for 25 employees to live and work.
Although Huawei is known for its incredible stealth, this year was the first time journalists were able to gain access to the new campus. Ox Horn is located in Dongguan, a city in the Chinese province of Guangdong. Dongguan itself is located in southern China, north of Shenzhen, where Huawei's headquarters are located. The Shenzhen campus is much larger than Ox Horn and accommodates 50 employees.
Ox Horn occupies nine square kilometers of land and includes various facilities for manufacturing facilities, offices and employee housing.
In factories, thousands of Huawei employees work to produce the company's vast range. Huawei products include smartphones, laptops and professional networking equipment.
Huawei also offers services and solutions related to cloud computing. Therefore, there are several server rooms on the territory that provide round-the-clock access to services rented from the company.
The non-factory part of the Huawei campus is divided into 12 districts. Each district imitates one of the major European cities and can accommodate about 2000 people.
Cities that have inspired the campus architects include: Paris, Verona, Granada and Bruges. CNBC noted that the campus even has a replica of the Freedom Bridge in Budapest.
Ox Horn is Huawei's most striking project and best embodies the company's ambitions. Although the campus is already open and in use, it continues to expand. The company did not disclose the cost of the project, which began construction in 2015.
One of the most impressive features of the campus is the massive burgundy castle, which is located on the shore of an artificial lake. The design of this castle was inspired by Heidelberg Castle in Germany. Bloomberg reports that the castle will house Huawei's secret research arm.
Huawei headquarters, like Ox Horn, has its own lake. It is not known if the lake built on the new campus will be home to the black swans that can be found on Huawei's Shenzhen campus. According to CNBC, the swans for the company symbolize "constant dissatisfaction and aspiration for development and innovation."
In order to transport employees to their jobs on the huge campus between the various "cities", Huawei has its own bright red train and railroad that surrounds the entire Ox Horn.
The campus is so large that it reportedly takes 22 minutes to drive one lap around it on its own railroad.
The campus is also equipped with visible security cameras. Huawei is known for keeping its business under the strictest secrecy - it is still unknown what the company is working on in its Shenzhen research lab, dubbed the "White House", and now it has added a lakeside castle in Ox Horn.
Source: 3dnews.ru