Network Intelligence Research Center (NIRC)
May 13, 2026 · Cloud Computing
How Alibaba Cloud’s AI‑Era Network Designs Redefine Data‑Center Architecture
The article traces the evolution of data‑center networking from general‑purpose cloud traffic to AI‑native designs—HPN for massive GPU scale‑out, UPN for super‑node scale‑up, and TPN for token‑centric inference—highlighting the shift from bandwidth to token throughput, latency, and cost.
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