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

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 was seen meeting President Xi Jinping.

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.

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.

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.

Chinese tech company Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) on Monday unveiled plans to invest at least 380 billion yuan ($52.44 billion) in its cloud computing and artificial intelligence infrastructure over the next three years.