Shenzhen has taken a major step in China’s push for self reliance in advanced computing by activating the country’s first 10,000 card intelligent computing cluster built entirely on domestically developed AI chips. The new system, powered by Huawei’s Ascend 910C processors, delivers a
Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek faced a major service disruption that lasted nearly 12 hours, cutting off access to its chatbot platform for a large portion of its user base. The outage began on Sunday evening and continued into early Monday, affecting both
China Mobile is accelerating its push to transform Hong Kong into a major global computing gateway, committing close to HK$10 billion over five years to integrate the city into China’s expanding national computing network. The initiative reflects a broader strategy to strengthen cross
Google is in discussions with Chinese companies including Envicool to secure advanced liquid cooling systems for its growing network of artificial intelligence data centres, highlighting mounting pressure on global infrastructure supply chains. The move reflects how rapidly expanding AI workloads are reshaping hardware
China’s accelerating investment in data centers has become one of the defining features of its AI and cloud expansion strategy. As artificial intelligence workloads grow and enterprise digitization deepens, computing infrastructure has moved to the center of industrial policy. Massive server clusters now
China’s largest internet companies are stepping up investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure as competition intensifies across the global tech sector. ByteDance and Alibaba Group Holding are both preparing to expand data centre capacity and computing resources to support increasingly complex AI workloads, signalling
China’s cloud computing sector is beginning to reassess its long standing price competition as global providers move to raise rates amid surging artificial intelligence demand. Analysts say several Chinese cloud firms are now evaluating price increases following recent announcements by major international platforms,
China’s semiconductor self reliance push gained a rare and quiet validation this week as processors designed by Hygon Information Technology were found unaffected by a recently disclosed hardware security vulnerability impacting several advanced chips built on US architectures. The flaw, which raised concerns
Nvidia is tightening its grip on the physical backbone of the artificial intelligence economy, investing US$2 billion into AI infrastructure provider CoreWeave as demand for large scale computing capacity continues to accelerate. The investment makes Nvidia the company’s second largest shareholder and expands
Baidu has released Ernie 5.0, its most advanced artificial intelligence model to date, as monthly active users of the company’s AI assistant reached 200 million. The launch marks a shift in how Baidu is positioning large models, moving them from experimental showcases toward
