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China Boosts AI Infrastructure with Massive Computing Clusters

4/8/2026

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China intensifies its AI push as Alibaba Group and Huawei deploy large computing clusters to build domestic AI infrastructure.
Alibaba Group, via Alibaba Cloud, launched a 10,000-card intelligent computing cluster using Zhenwu AI chips at a Guangdong data center, with China Telecom.
The project marks the first large-scale deployment of Zhenwu chips in the Greater Bay Area, signaling a shift to large-scale industrial AI amid competition with Meta and Microsoft.

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China intensifies its AI push as Alibaba Group and Huawei deploy large computing clusters to build domestic AI infrastructure.
Alibaba Group, via Alibaba Cloud, launched a 10,000-card intelligent computing cluster using Zhenwu AI chips at a Guangdong data center, with China Telecom.
The project marks the first large-scale deployment of Zhenwu chips in the Greater Bay Area, signaling a shift to large-scale industrial AI amid competition with Meta and Microsoft.