Apple on Wednesday announced the establishment of its first China-based data center in an effort to improve its services in the region and comply with recently implemented regulations, but the tech giant has promised not to build any backdoors into its systems.

The new data center is located in China’s Guizhou province, which Apple selected following a “careful study” – the company said it was impressed with the local government’s leadership and its focus on environmental sustainability. Officials from the Guizhou province visited Silicon Valley last year to promote big data opportunities as part of a pilot program.