Alibaba Unveils New AI Chip in China and Sets Data Center Expansion Goals

What Happened

Chinese technology giant Alibaba Group has launched a new artificial intelligence chip named Zhenwu V900. CEO Eddie Wu unveiled the processor on Tuesday at the company's annual Apsara Conference in Hangzhou. Alibaba describes the new processor as the most powerful AI chip in China, noting that it can scale up to 500,000 cards per cluster.

Expansion Plans

To support rising demand, Alibaba plans to expand its global data center capacity to more than 20 gigawatts by the year 2032. Wu stated that the company is investing across three key areas: AI models, chips, and cloud infrastructure. The firm is also advancing Recursive Self-Improvement and aims to develop Qwen models with 5 to 10 trillion parameters while working toward artificial superintelligence. Additionally, Alibaba launched Qwen Intelligence for mobile devices, which is an end-to-end solution allowing phones to handle complex tasks.

Future Outlook

During his keynote address, Wu shared long-term projections for the machine intelligence era. He noted that machine thinking currently accounts for less than 3 percent of human thinking capacity, but he expects it to eventually grow to shoulder 99.9 percent of all thinking as technology scales.