With MWC26 underway, all eyes are on the cellular industry in Barcelona, Spain. Huawei Cloud used its annual global summit to lay out its vision for artificial intelligence in enterprise computing. The theme for the summit was "Huawei Cloud: Solving Industry Challenges with AI", with the company showcasing three solutions incorporating AI. These include Industry AI Foundry plus two new products: the next-generation hybrid cloud offering Huawei Cloud Foundation (HCF), and CodeArts, an AI-powered coding agent for customers across industries.

Speaking at the event, Dr Peter Zhou, chief executive of Huawei Cloud, told attendees that cloud and AI sit at the heart of the company's long-term strategy, and that investment in research and development would continue to grow. He said the firm remained focused on delivering services that are "secure, reliable, and of quality", further pledging to deepen collaboration with partners across its ecosystem.

The summit's keynote was delivered by Tim Tao, president of Huawei Cloud Solution Sales (pictured above), who argued that the industry is undergoing a meaningful shift away from chasing raw computational power and towards measurable efficiency gains for businesses.

Tao framed cloud computing as the emerging "public power grid" of the AI age; a foundational infrastructure upon which organisations can build and iterate quickly. He introduced the company's Industry AI Foundry concept, a framework designed to help specific sectors tackle operational challenges using AI, also announcing the launch of what Huawei described as China's first smart medical zone.

Two new products unveiled

Two new products from Huawei Cloud were unveiled at the summit, both slated for global release in the second half of this year.

The first, HCF, is aimed squarely at governments and large enterprises grappling with complex IT environments. Huawei Cloud describes it as a hybrid cloud solution that prioritises openness, simplicity and resilience. The company notes its designed to speed up AI adoption while maintaining the security requirements public-sector and enterprise customers typically demand.

The second, CodeArts, is a software development platform that combines AI-powered code generation, an integrated development environment, and what Huawei Cloud calls "autonomous development" capabilities. The tool supports features including unit test generation, codebase indexing and specification-driven development. It integrates with several prominent open-source models, including GLM-5 and DeepSeek-V3.2, alongside Huawei's own proprietary models.

Growing its footprint

Huawei Cloud currently operates across 34 regions and 101 availability zones, serving customers in more than 170 countries and territories. The company says its infrastructure has run without interruption for 941 consecutive days.

Representatives from IDC, KoçSistem and Brazilian government IT firm Serpro were among the industry figures present at the summit, each offering perspectives on deploying AI in sectors ranging from finance to public services.

The company says its developer ecosystem now numbers in the tens of millions, with more than 50 000 partners globally. Huawei says it intends to use that base to accelerate what it calls "widespread AI adoption" across industries in the years ahead.