On September 30, IDC released a report showing global humanoid robot shipments reached nearly 25,000 units in the first half of 2026, up 432.1% year over year. China's shipments exceeded 19,000 units, accounting for about 77.9% of the global total, with AGIBOT shipping more than 8,600 units. IDC forecasts global shipments will exceed 750,000 by 2030.
In an interview after the 2026 AIDC Industry Development Conference and 3D Data Center Site Meeting, Huawei Cloud CEO Zhou Yuefeng said the buildout of AI infrastructure is just beginning and reducing overall industry costs is critical. Earlier, Guo Nan, deputy director of the China Electronics Standardization Institute, noted that the average utilization rate of national data centers is about 58%, while some intelligent computing centers are under 30%, calling for attention to effective and usable computing power.
On September 15, Huawei officially released the world's first 3D data center at the 2026 AIDC Industry Development Conference in Wuhu, Anhui, and also published the book "3D Data Center" and opened its schematic design library.