Alibaba Cloud to build new data center in Shanghai with Jinshan District government

The new data center is part of the "Aspara Cloud Intelligent East China Computing Center," and will house Alibaba's custom Zhenwu AI chips. It aims to be a "benchmark for green computing power centers" and will assist with the digital transformation of government services and urban governance in the Jinshan District. The specific chip mentioned is the Zhenwu 810E chip. Quotes: "Part of the "Aspara Cloud Intelligent East China Computing Center," Alibaba claims the new data center will be one of the largest "intelligent computing hubs" in East China, and will be based on its in-house Zhenwu AI chips, developed by its T-Head ." "Alibaba's latest AI chip is the Zhenwu 810E chip." "The new agreement will see Alibaba Cloud build a compute facility focused on establishing a "benchmark for green computing power centers by building a full-stack independent computing power foundation from underlying chips and intelligent computing platforms to upper-layer applications." "The company also states that the development will enable Jinshan District to build an "all-time, all-area AI city," with Alibaba assisting with the digital transformation of government services and urban governance in the district and providing IT infrastructure to the public sector."