Overview
- Alibaba and China Telecom opened a data center in Shaoguan, Guangdong that runs 10,000 Zhenwu AI chips built by Alibaba’s T-Head unit.
- The cluster is built for training and running very large models, including systems with hundreds of billions of parameters.
- The companies said the site can scale to 100,000 chips, pointing to a rapid increase in domestic computing capacity.
- Alibaba frames the rollout as part of a full-stack plan that ties custom chips to its cloud and in-house models to cut reliance on foreign parts.
- Industry coverage highlights rival builds from Huawei and notes a small dip in Alibaba’s shares as investors weigh the cost of the AI push.