# Alibaba T-Head x China Unicom: partnership

Canonical ID: `1fb8df9d-1573-4174-9da9-f2710ead31cb`

Alibaba signed a contract with China Unicom, China's No. 2 wireless carrier, to deploy T-Head (Pingtouge) AI accelerators in a major data center project. This marks T-Head's first major external enterprise deployment outside the Alibaba Cloud ecosystem.

- **Type:** deployment
- **Status:** active
- **Verification posture:** verified

## Parties (2)

- [Alibaba T-Head](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/alibaba-t-head.md) technology provider
- China Unicom _(off-registry)_ customer

## Timeline

- **Announced:** 2025-09-17
- **Start:** 2025-09-17

## Sources (1)

1. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-17/alibaba-s-ai-chip-effort-quickens-with-big-client-china-unicom


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