# Alibaba and China Telecom have opened a new data centre in southern China which runs on 10000 Zhenwu AI chips from Alibaba.

*semiconductor · news · 2026-04-08 · The News International*

## Key points

- Alibaba and China Telecom launched a data centre in Shaoguan using 10,000 Zhenwu AI chips.
- The Zhenwu chips are Alibaba-designed and support AI models with hundreds of billions of parameters.
- The facility aims to expand from 10,000 to 100,000 chips in future phases.
- US export bans on Nvidia chips have accelerated China's push for domestic AI chip alternatives.
- Alibaba's T-head division designs chips, supporting its cloud business and industry-specific AI applications.

**Companies:** Alibaba, China Telecom
**Countries:** China

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