Alibaba launches data center with 10,000 of its own chips as China ramps up AI push

Alibaba and China Telecom launched a data center in China designed for AI training and inferencing..

• In this article AlibabaandChina Telecomare launching a data center in southern China powered by the e-commerce giant's own chips, as the country ramps up its focus on homegrown AI infrastructure
• The facility, announced on Tuesday, will feature 10,000 of Alibaba's Zhenwu semiconductors which are designed for AI training and inferencing along with the ability to support AI models the size of hundreds of billions of parameters
• China Telecom will own and operate the data center