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Alibaba Adds Nvidia Physical AI to Cloud Platform, Ramps Up Global Buildout

The move positions Alibaba to court robotics and autonomous-vehicle developers under tight chip-purchasing limits.

Overview

  • Alibaba Cloud’s Platform for AI now integrates the full Nvidia Physical AI software stack for simulation, training, and validation of real-world systems.
  • The offering targets use cases including humanoid robots, self-driving cars, and connected environments on Alibaba Cloud.
  • CEO Eddie Wu said the company will increase AI infrastructure investment beyond the previously announced 380 billion yuan plan.
  • Alibaba outlined new data centers in Brazil, France, the Netherlands, Mexico, South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, and Dubai within the next year.
  • Whether the partnership involves buying Nvidia GPUs was not disclosed, as Alibaba pursues in-house accelerators and Ethernet-based high-performance networking and also introduced new Qwen3 models including Qwen3-Max.