China is building big data centers throughout the nation, reports the South China Morning Post. 

China is doubling down on the digital transformation of its economy with a plan to build “industrial big data” centres nationwide, enabling massive amounts of information – mostly production data – to be used for developing more efficient industries.

According to the Hindustan Times, India is relying on big data in its fight against Covid-19.

“We are now at the bottom of the peak,” says Dr Deepak Agrawal, professor of neurosciences at New Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). What he means is that the Covid-19 pandemic in India hasn’t reached a stage in which the number of cases multiplies exponentially.

Big Data can help retailers in a variety of ways, such as predicting the market, reports Marketing Technology Insight. 

Playing in the online retail industry is increasingly difficult. Margins are becoming tighter, while the massive influx of newcomers further saturates a market that is already filled to the brim with established competitors.