Supercomputers/Systems/China Telecom Shaoguan Zhenwu Cluster
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China Telecom Shaoguan Zhenwu Cluster
Also known as China Telecom and Alibaba Shaoguan AI data center
Operated by China Telecom at China Telecom Shaoguan Data Center .
Phase 1 seed dataset, compiled by hand. These rows were built from public operator, laboratory and vendor sources. A mechanical second-reader pass has since fetched every cited source: 1092 of 1153 systems have a readable citation that names them, and 40 are genuinely weakly sourced. Every claim carries its source and a confidence tier. Treat anything below verified as a lead, not a citation.
Measured performance
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- Per watt
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Figures are as last publicly reported for the configuration described below, not a live measurement. Where a system was upgraded in place, the post-upgrade configuration is shown and the earlier one appears in the timeline.
What this machine is made of
One row per supplier relationship. “Supplier at build” is the company that shipped the part at the time; where that company has since been acquired, the parent it rolls up to today is shown beside it. That distinction is what makes ticker-level aggregation possible across a thirty-year dataset.
| Role | Part | Supplier at build | Quantity | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Integrator | - China Telecom owns and operates the data center; Alibaba supplied the Zhenwu chips and cluster design | China Telecom | - | Reported | w.media |
| Accelerator | - 10,000 Alibaba Zhenwu AI chips (cards) in one cluster, expandable to 100,000 | Alibaba Group | 10,000 reported | Reported | w.mediacapitalbrief.com |
AI datacenter metrics
Figures beyond an accelerator count, each with who stated it. What can and cannot be compared across AI datacenters.
| Metric | Value | As of | Basis | Note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accelerators | 10,000 accelerators | 2026-04 | Operator stated | Capital Brief (citing SCMP): 10,000-card Zhenwu cluster in Shaoguan, launched Apr 2026; 100,000 cards planned later. | capitalbrief.com |
The read
AI data center in Shaoguan, Guangdong, launched in April 2026 by Alibaba and China Telecom, with China Telecom as owner and operator. Reports describe a 10,000-card cluster of Alibaba's own Zhenwu AI chips, billed as the first Zhenwu project of this scale in the Greater Bay Area, with 4-microsecond networking latency so the chips can act as one system, and a stated aim to scale to 100,000 chips. Both pieces report the same announcement, so the confidence is reported. Power, node count and benchmark figures are not published.
Site & facility
China Telecom Shaoguan Data Center
- Location
- Shaoguan, Guangdong, China
- Commissioned
- 2026
Change history
- 2026-10-02 Added China Telecom Shaoguan Zhenwu Cluster, 10,000 Alibaba Zhenwu chips
Source check
We fetched this system's own citations and recorded whether each page actually mentions it. This is a corroboration signal, not a fact check, and it is published so you can see how well the sourcing holds up rather than take it on trust.
| Cited source | Result | Found on the page |
|---|---|---|
| w.media | names system only | - |
| capitalbrief.com | names system only | - |
Checked 2026-10-09 by pnpm verify. Re-run it and the table changes with the web.