Huawei outlines AI infrastructure strategy at HUAWEI CONNECT 2026
Deputy Chairman David Wang highlights the company's focus on computing power and silicon foundation for the rapidly advancing agentic AI world.
What to know
- Huawei is centering its AI strategy on computing power and hardware monetization, with SuperPods and SuperClusters as the core infrastructure offering.
- Foundation model parameters are approaching 10 trillion and projected to exceed 100 trillion by 2030, while AI agents are advancing rapidly in task duration and complexity.
- Over 1,000 Atlas 900 A3 SuperPods have been deployed with broad adoption across industry and academia, signaling market acceptance of Huawei's infrastructure approach.
- On-device AI is scaling dramatically—smartphone models grew from 3 billion to 30 billion parameters in two years and are expected to reach hundreds of billions soon.
“On-device models for smartphones have expanded from three billion parameters in 2024 to 30 billion today, and will push toward hundreds of billions in the near future.”
David Wang, Deputy Chairman and Rotating Chairman, Huawei · Huawei official announcement ↗ · Sep 16
David Wang Deputy Chairman and Rotating Chairman, HuaweiHuawei Technology company and AI infrastructure provider
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Huawei highlights scaling on-device AI and inference token growth
Wang noted that on-device AI models for smartphones have expanded from 3 billion parameters in 2024 to 30 billion today and are expected to reach hundreds of billions. He also reported that average daily inference tokens consumed in China have surged to around 500 trillion, expected to reach quintillions by 2030.
“AI is sweeping the world faster than any previous technological revolution.”
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Huawei reports 1,000+ Atlas 900 A3 SuperPods deployed globally — Wang announced that over 1,000 Atlas 900 A3 SuperPods have been deployed with broad adoption across industry, academia, and research institutions. The Atlas 950 SuperPod is seeing large-scale commercial use, establishing SuperPods as a key direction for AI infrastructure.
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David Wang outlines Huawei's AI infrastructure strategy at HUAWEI CONNECT 2026 — Huawei Deputy Chairman David Wang delivered the opening keynote at HUAWEI CONNECT 2026 in Shanghai, focusing on building AI infrastructure and computing foundations for the intelligent world. Wang emphasized that foundation model parameters are rapidly approaching 10 trillion and projected to exceed 100 trillion by 2030.
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