Alibaba says modular design delivers AI data centres in 100 days at 10% lower cost

Aug 11, 2026

As demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure surges, Alibaba Group Holding says it can deliver new data centres in a fraction of the usual time while cutting construction costs by 10 per cent through its proprietary modular architecture. Using CUBE 5.0, Alibaba Cloud had slashed the delivery time for large-scale AI data centres to just 100 days, according to a report by state-backed newspaper China Securities Journal on Tuesday. That compared with standard domestic delivery times of six...

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