Key facts
- Alibaba plans to develop an AI model with 5-10 trillion parameters.
- The company unveiled its Zhenwu V900 AI chip, claiming it is China's most powerful.
- The Zhenwu V900 chip offers three times the performance of its predecessor.
- Alibaba Cloud aims to surpass 20 GW of global data center capacity by 2032.
Hong Kong-listed Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. unveiled a new artificial intelligence chip as chief executive Eddie Wu set out the company’s long-term strategy to invest heavily in AI models, semiconductors and cloud infrastructure. The launch underscores Alibaba’s capital-intensive push to build infrastructure for an AI-driven economy, as the e-commerce company seeks to meet rising demand for computing power and strengthen its position in AI.
Alibaba plans to train an AI model with 5 trillion to 10 trillion parameters, designed for agentic workloads capable of sustained, multi-step operations without human intervention. The company also unveiled its latest homegrown AI chip, the Zhenwu V900, developed by its subsidiary T-Head, which it claims is the most powerful in China and offers three times the performance of its predecessor. Alibaba Cloud aims to significantly expand its global data center capacity, targeting over 20 GW by 2032.