Hangzhou, Sept. 22 -- Chinese technology giant Alibaba Group on Tuesday launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) chip, which it described as "the most powerful AI chip in China," while announcing plans to significantly expand its data centre capacity in the coming years.

The latest chip called Zhenwu V900 was unveiled by Alibaba CEO Eddie Wu at the company's annual Apsara Conference in Hangzhou on Tuesday, as per an official release. Zhenwu V900 is capable of scaling up to 500,000 cards per cluster, the company said.

Speaking at the Apsara Conference 2026, Alibaba Group CEO Eddie Wu said machine intelligence currently represents less than 3 per cent of human capacity, leaving significant room for growth as

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