The Next Stop of Globalization! DataCanvas Empowers Belt and Road AI Infrastructure Development with Inclusive Computing Power

Recently, the large-scale professional exhibition "The Belt and Road Software Pavilion Hong Kong 2025", hosted by Hong Kong Information Technology Joint Council, co-organized by The Chamber of Hong Kong Computer Industry, with the Digital Policy Office, the Information Technology Industry Committee of the Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association, and the Hong Kong Software Industry Association as partners, officially opened.

Centered around the four major themes of Smart Government, Smart Healthcare, Smart Finance, and Smart Transportation, this year's expo explored transnational new economic development and challenges, inviting numerous leading enterprises from Hong Kong, Mainland China, and other "Belt and Road" regions. As a globally leading provider of artificial intelligence infrastructure and intelligent computing cloud services, DataCanvas showcased its Chinese solution for accessible AI computing power at this event. Co-founder and COO Shang Mingdong was invited to attend and deliver a keynote speech titled "Building the Foundation for Inclusive Computing, Co-creating a New Digital Blueprint for the 'Belt and Road'".

During the exhibition, heavyweight guest leaders including the member of Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Technology & Innovation Constituency) Mr. Duncan Chiu, Deputy Secretary of Commerce and Economic Development Bureau Bernard Chan Pak-li, Deputy Secretary of Hong Kong Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau Mr. Haolian Chen, and President of the China Association of Communication Enterprises Mr. Guo Hao, visited the DataCanvas booth for a tour and guidance. They held in-depth exchanges with DataCanvas Co-founder and COO Shang Mingdong, and Senior Vice President Ms. Huang Beining.

President of the China Association of Communication Enterprises Guo Hao and delegation visit the DataCanvas booth for exchanges From left to right: DataCanvas Senior Vice President Ms. Huang Beining (2nd left), Hong Kong Legislative Council Member (Technology & Innovation Constituency) Mr. Duncan Chiu (3rd left), DataCanvas Co-founder Mr. Shang Mingdong (2nd right), Deputy Secretary of Hong Kong Financial Services and the Treasury Mr Haolian Chen (3rd right)

Deputy Secretary of Hong Kong Commerce and Economic Development Bureau Bernard Chan Pak-li and delegation 

engage in in-depth exchanges with DataCanvas staff

At the presentation, Shang Mingdong pointed out that the current global development of computing power presents a pattern of parallel globalization and regional collaboration. Under the strategic framework of the national "Belt and Road" initiative, DataCanvas is actively seizing the historical opportunity of the globalization of Chinese computing power, taking the lead in accelerating the construction of a global accessible AI intelligent computing infrastructure focused on countries and regions along the "Belt and Road", and promoting accessible AI computing power for developer communities worldwide.

Accessible AI Intelligent Computing: The "Next Stop Opportunity" for Emerging Markets

In the era of the digital economy, computing power has become the core driving force for the development of cutting-edge technologies such as AI large models and autonomous driving, and its strategic importance is comparable to that of power resources in the industrial age.

Focusing on the Chinese computing power market, the latest "National Informatization Development Report (2024)" released by the Cyberspace Administration of China shows that China's computing power industry is experiencing rapid development. By the end of 2024, the total national computing power scale reached 1123.1 EFLOPS, of which the intelligent computing power scale reached 493 EFLOPS (FP16), ranking second in the world.

The global intelligent computing market size has exceeded 300 billion US dollars. However, countries along the "Belt and Road" face issues of uneven development in AI computing power infrastructure, commonly including insufficient coverage of AIDC intelligent computing centers, low efficiency in computing power scheduling, scarcity of intelligent computing resources, and aging infrastructure.

In this regard, Shang Mingdong stated that DataCanvas is injecting momentum into the "Belt and Road" construction by promoting the interconnection and inclusive services of AI infrastructure, continuously playing a dual role of foundational support and exemplary leadership. He further emphasized that the value of this strategic move is bidirectional and profound: it can not only leverage the cooperative momentum of the "Belt and Road" to open up new development tracks for China's intelligent computing industry and accelerate the "going global" of intelligent computing technology and services, but also provide a practical model for Chinese enterprises to expand into international markets.

DataCanvas Co-founder and COO Shang Mingdong delivers a speech

Currently, leveraging its mature engineering capabilities in AI computing power infrastructure construction, DataCanvas provides global partners with full-stack customized solutions, ranging from the construction and operation of intelligent computing centers to lightweight computing power services tailored for small and medium-sized enterprises, rapidly capturing emerging strategic markets.

Accessible AI Computing Power: Solving the "Key Proposition" of Intelligent Upgrade

With the rapid growth of computing power demand, AI infrastructure construction and application place higher requirements on computing power services. As an important national policy direction, accessible AI computing power has become a key driver for reducing computing costs and stimulating corporate innovation vitality and sustainable development. 

Shang Mingdong emphasized that the essence of inclusive computing power lies in the synergistic integration of "accessible AI computing power, storage power, and transportation power", with its core being an accessible, affordable, and easy-to-use computing power service ecosystem.

To achieve the goal of accessible AI computing power services, DataCanvas has built a tripartite solution system: ensuring accessible computing power supply through replicable, scalable AIDC engineering capabilities, exporting standardized accessible AI Chinese solutions globally; reducing usage costs through the AI-native cloud service platform DataCanvas Intelligent Computing Cloud--Alaya NeW Cloud, providing enterprises with affordable computing power platforms; and simplifying application processes and lowering technical barriers for large model development and application through easy-to-use, modular toolchains.

In terms of business model innovation, the company's unique "1 Du Computing Power (312 TFLOPS * 1 hour)" measurement model, coupled with on-demand elastic scaling, reduces the total cost of ownership to 68% of the industry average. This innovation is reflected not only at the technical level but also in its concept of "technology democratization" – making advanced computing power a truly iaccessible AI resource for corporate digital transformation.

Accessible AI Computing Power: Reshaping the Global Intelligent Computing Network

Against the backdrop of the deepening "Belt and Road" initiative, accessible AI computing power services have become an important tool for China's participation in global digital governance. DataCanvas's practice demonstrates that this new model of accessible AI AI infrastructure is reshaping the international competitive landscape.

DataCanvas is experiencing high-growth momentum in overseas markets, focusing on countries and regions along the "Belt and Road", and continues to increase efforts in global AI accessible  infrastructure construction, building a global "symbiotic network" for accessible AI computing power. The company has currently initiated the construction of the "Belt and Road Computing Power Corridor". Its self-developed intelligent computing operating system--Alaya NeW OS has successfully achieved technology export, integrating millions of global GPU nodes into an efficient computing network, maintaining an average GPU cluster utilization rate stably above 75%.

As AI large models accelerate their transition towards agents, the intelligent computing industry is undergoing a deep transformation from "scale-driven" to "efficiency-driven". In this critical process, the Chinese solution centered on accessible AI computing power developed by DataCanvas will not only continuously inject momentum into "Belt and Road" digital cooperation but also provide a new path for the upgrade and iteration of the global intelligent computing industry.