The Chinese technology giant first mentioned the plan last week when it reported results but didn’t provide a specific figure.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has announced a massive investment of $53 billion in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, including data centers, in the next three years. The move highlights the e-commerce giant's ambition to become a global leader in AI technology.

Chinese tech giant Alibaba Group will invest more than 380 billion yuan (about $53 billion) in building cloud and hardware infrastructure for artificial intelligence, the Xinhua news agency reports. Chinese publication Penpai noted that these investments were a record volume of investments by Chinese private enterprises in the creation of cloud and hardware infrastructure for AI.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. pledged to invest more than 380 billion yuan ($53 billion) on AI infrastructure such as data centers over the next three years, a major commitment that underscores the e-commerce pioneer’s ambitions of becoming a leader in artificial intelligence.

Alibaba, co-founded by Jack Ma plans to spend more on its AI and cloud computing network than it has over the past decade.

Chinese tech giant Alibaba said Monday it will spend more than $50 billion on artificial intelligence and cloud computing over the next three years, a week after co-founder Jack Ma