Huawei Cloud has reported a major jump in its computing capacity, saying it is expanding fast to meet growing demand for AI in China. At the China International Big Data Industry Expo in Guiyang on August 28, CEO Zhang Ping’an said the company’s overall computing power is up 250% compared with last year. The number of customers using its Ascend AI Cloud service also rose from 321 to 1,714, according to figures cited by IT Home.
The company is building out what it calls a nationwide “black soil of computing power,” with hubs in Gui’an, Ulanqab, Horqin, and Wuhu. The Gui’an site runs the CloudMatrix 384 supernode, which links 384 Ascend NPUs with 192 Kunpeng CPUs. Huawei says the system can deliver 300 PFlops of performance and train over 1,300 large-scale models simultaneously. Across 432 supernodes, the network forms a 160,000-card AI cluster that has been operating without major incidents for more than two years.
Huawei added that its hubs in Gui’an and Ulanqab already support over 1,000 daily AI-driven applications in the financial sector. The newer Wuhu supernode, launched in April, is designed to extend services to global customers and supports China’s East-West Computing initiative.
The company says its approach combines data center hardware with networking, optical communication, and power management to squeeze more efficiency out of space and energy.
The expansion highlights Huawei’s push to become a serious player in AI infrastructure. While US cloud providers such as AWS, Microsoft, and Google remain dominant worldwide, Huawei’s latest figures suggest it is strengthening its position both in China and in international markets.
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