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Infrastructure, Cloud & Chips

Chips, clusters, cloud regions and the companies building the capacity China needs without Nvidia.

1 company profiled · updated October 2026 · all fields

Companies

Alibaba CloudAlibaba Cloud is expanding global AI infrastructure and launching agentic AI services in Europe.4 · Customers / operations

Europe readiness

Infrastructure, Cloud & Chips: how far each company is in Europe

Europe status 0–5. Red: customers, operations or production in Europe.

Alibaba CloudCustomers or operations4

Interest, partners, officeCustomers, operations, production

Graphic: Inside China AI · Source: company disclosures and reporting as linked on each company page; status October 2026. Only confirmed presence counts.

Europe entry steps in this field

All steps →

Date	Chinese company	Step	As announced	With	Source
2026	Chinese-owned fabs	Supply	ASML supplied Twinscan NXT:1980i systems to Chinese-owned fabs	ASML	source

What to watch in this field

1

Domestic accelerators and what share of China’s compute they now carry.

2

Chinese cloud regions in Europe and who uses them.

3

Supply-chain and sanctions questions that follow every chip story.

Our coverage

Alibaba’s $10 Billion AI Bet Has a European Address2026-08-26→Alibaba Cloud: China’s Answer to AWS — and Europe’s Next Infrastructure Question2026-07-23→

Missing a company?

We profile companies on evidence, never on request. If a company in this field has a European step we have not recorded, write to press@insidechinaai.com with a source.

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