Abstract: With the rapid development of new technologies such as the Internet, cloud computing, and big data, the digital economy has become an important strategy for China’s economic development.As an entity of technological innovation and technology application, data centers has become key infrastructure for the development of information technology in all walks of life, providing strong support for the development of the digital economy. This paper mainly discusses the importance of data center as infrastructure in the development of digital economy, technology innovation and industry development hotspot of data center. Then summarizes the problems existing in industrial development and put forward corresponding strategic advice.

Key words: data center, digitaleconomy, industrial innovation