The Alibaba booth at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai in July: The company is pushing a major buildup of data center capacity. © Reuters
CISSY ZHOU
September 22, 2026 14:28 JST
HONG KONG — Alibaba Group unveiled what it calls “the most powerful AI chip in China” on Tuesday, part of a grand plan to expand its global data center capacity beyond 20 gigawatts by 2032.