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Alibaba Cloud plans to lean on its self-developed chips moving forward

Hopes this will improve its margin and profitability

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Alibaba Cloud plans to lean on its self-developed chips moving forward

Hopes this will improve its margin and profitability

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mercoledì 19 agosto 2026·datacenterdynamics.com
Alibaba Cloud plans to lean on its self-developed chips moving forward
Hopes this will improve its margin and profitability
giovedì 20 agosto 2026·scmp.com
Alibaba’s AI cloud growth surge drives earnings despite soaring tech spending
Tech giant posts fastest growth in cloud and AI revenue in 22 quarters, with capex up 75% amid fierce competition in the sector.

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1 g fa

Alibaba expects higher gross margin and profitability by swapping purchased chips for its own

Alibaba deploys Zhenwu M890 (3× performance) to replace Nvidia, using 470k T-Head shipments to lift cloud margins from 34.5%. Vertical integration amid US GPU bans forces competitors toward in-house semiconductors, reshaping AI infrastructure competition and pricing.

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theregister.com11 h fa

Alibaba Cloud plans to use fewer Western chips, to boost its already huge AI margins

Alibaba Cloud cuts AI server payback to 2.5 years using proprietary chips versus Nvidia, achieving 45% cloud growth. This vertical integration marks Alibaba's pivot from e-commerce to AI as primary growth engine with improved margin economics for competitive pricing.

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technode.com10 h fa

Alibaba expects second-generation T-Head chip to tape out and enter production this year · TechNode

T-Head Gen2 di Alibaba raggiunge tape-out H2 2026 per large-model training; Zhenwu M890 già in scaled sales 650+ clienti. Stack silicon verticale cinese (GPU/CPU/networking) minaccia vendor AI globali; CTO ricalcolano TCO infra cloud e supply-chain risk.

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scmp.com1 g fa

Alibaba’s AI cloud growth surge drives earnings despite soaring tech spending

Alibaba's AI Cloud division grew 45% YoY; AI product revenue hit 12.4B yuan, but capital expenditure surged 75% to 67.7B yuan. Hyperscalers are sacrificing profitability (EBITDA down 30% YoY) to lock in AI infrastructure scale—a capital-intensive race smaller players cannot afford to join.

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kr-asia.com9 h fa

Alibaba’s cloud growth comes with a rising AI bill

Alibaba's AI cloud surged 44.9% YoY but capex doubled to $10B, EBITA fell 29.6%, free cash flow -$6.6B. IT leaders note: scaling AI infrastructure eats 25% of quarterly revenue while Qwen losses widen—profitability lags despite AI product growth.

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giovedì 20 agosto 2026·

cryptobriefing.com

Alibaba expects higher gross margin and profitability by swapping purchased chips for its own

Alibaba expects improved gross margins and profitability by deploying T-Head chips in AI data centers, with 470,000 units shipped and cloud

venerdì 21 agosto 2026·

theregister.com

Alibaba Cloud plans to use fewer Western chips, to boost its already huge AI margins

Cloudy AI is Chinese giant’s ‘most certain’ path to growth as e-commerce slows

venerdì 21 agosto 2026·

technode.com

Alibaba expects second-generation T-Head chip to tape out and enter production this year · TechNode

Alibaba CEO Eddie Wu said on Aug. 20 that the company’s second-generation T-Head chip is expected to begin tape-out and production in the second half of

venerdì 21 agosto 2026·

kr-asia.com

Alibaba’s cloud growth comes with a rising AI bill

Faster cloud growth is being accompanied by mounting pressure on earnings and cash flow from AI infrastructure spending.