Alibaba CEO Eddie Wu Says Machine Thinking to Reach 1,000 Times Human Capacity; Targets 20GW Data Centers by 2032

Alibaba Group (BABA) CEO Eddie Wu said at the 2026 Apsara Conference on September 22 that machine thinking will surpass human thinking by more than 1,000 times, positioning AI models, AI chips and AI cloud as the three pillars of the machine intelligence era. Wu said customer AI demand is "very strong" and that Alibaba will commit fully to AI infrastructure, targeting more than 20 gigawatts of global data center capacity operated by Alibaba Cloud by 2032. He called the three infrastructure areas a long-term strategic choice for the company. T-Head, Alibaba's chip unit, released the Zhenwu V900, a domestic AI chip whose computing power is three times that of the Zhenwu M890. Annual shipments of T-Head AI chips are expected to rise substantially.