As AI race with US intensifies, China’s Alibaba launches 10,000-card computing cluster
SCMP Tech / 4/8/2026
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Key Points
- Alibaba has launched a 10,000-card computing cluster in Shaoguan, positioning it as part of intensifying AI infrastructure competition with the US.
- The cluster is powered by domestically developed Zhenwu chips, underscoring China’s push toward home-grown hardware for AI workloads.
- The rollout is presented as additional evidence that Chinese tech companies are doubling down on national infrastructure capabilities amid the global AI race.
- By expanding large-scale chip-backed compute capacity, Alibaba strengthens its ability to support future AI training and deployment at scale.
China is ramping up efforts in the AI race, as tech giants Alibaba Group Holding and Huawei Technologies deploy massive computing clusters in the push to develop home-grown infrastructure.
E-commerce giant Alibaba has announced the deployment of a 10,000-card intelligent computing cluster powered by the Zhenwu AI chips developed by its T-Head semiconductor design arm.
Launched in collaboration with China Telecom in the Shaoguan data centre in Guangdong province, the “fully domestic” cluster was...
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