# China to see major shift to Huawei for AI model training in 2027: rotating chair > Source: > Published: 2026-09-18 04:59:31+00:00 Advertisement # China to see major shift to Huawei for AI model training in 2027: rotating chair The firm’s Ascend chips are ahead of Nvidia in domestic market, Huawei’s Eric Xu Zhijun says 2-MIN READ2-MIN Listen [Iris Deng](https://www.scmp.com/author/iris-deng)in Shanghai Huawei Technologies expects a major domestic shift towards its artificial intelligence computing infrastructure for model training next year, as its Ascend processors gain ground on Nvidia in China despite supply constraints, according to rotating chairman Eric Xu Zhijun. “I believe that starting from next year, a lot of the AI model training will be based on the SuperPoD or SuperCluster based on Ascend 950DT,” Xu told reporters during the Huawei Connect 2026 conference in Shanghai on Thursday. Xu said Huawei’s proprietary Ascend chips had overtaken Nvidia in domestic market share, although he did not provide specific figures. Nvidia confirmed last month that it had begun [shipments of its H200 processors](https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3365383/nvidia-ships-first-h200s-china-forecasts-no-data-centre-computing-revenue?module=inline&pgtype=article)to China under a new US licensing arrangement after a months-long lockout, although those sales represented less than 1 per cent of its second-quarter data-centre revenue. Select Voice Select Speed 1x AI-generated voice