China’s spending spree on artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure is rapidly accelerating, with China Unicom, one of the country’s “big three” state-owned telecommunications network operators, budgeting a 28 per cent increase in capital expenditures for computing power in 2025.
The aggressive spending approach comes as China’s Big Tech companies have also unveiled ambitious AI investment plans. Alibaba Group Holding, owner of the Post, recently said it had earmarked at least US$52 billion for building AI and cloud computing infrastructure over the next three years, marking the largest computing power project by a private Chinese company.
