Alibaba unveils Zhenwu V900 AI chip and 20 GW 2032 capacity goal

At the Apsara Conference in Hangzhou on September 22, Alibaba unveiled the Zhenwu V900 AI processor from its T-Head chip unit, which it says delivers three times the performance of the M890 with 216 GB of memory. Mass production and commercial release are scheduled for Q1 2027, and supernode clusters can link up to 500,000 cards. Alibaba also set a goal of more than 20 GW of Alibaba Cloud data center capacity by 2032, and Reuters reported Hong Kong shares rose 5.1% to a one-month high that day.

• Zhenwu V900: three times the M890's performance, 216 GB memory, 1,200 GB/s inter-chip bandwidth
• Mass production and commercial release scheduled for Q1 2027
• Supernode clusters of up to 500,000 cards
• Target of more than 20 GW of Alibaba Cloud data center capacity by 2032
• Hong Kong shares up 5.1%, a one-month high (Reuters)