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Platform For AI:AI computing resources

Last Updated:Jun 03, 2026

PAI AI computing resources provide stable, high-performance compute for latency-sensitive workloads. Two broad categories are available: cloud-native resources for model development, training, and inference, and big data engine resources for data processing pipelines.

Resource types

  • Cloud-native resources

    Used for PAI-DSW, PAI-EAS, and PAI-DLC:

    • General computing resources

      General computing resources — ECS, ECI, and EGS — deliver a flexible, stable, high-performance environment for deep learning training. Activating PAI automatically creates a public resource quota for general computing resources, which you can then associate with a workspace.

    • Lingjun resources

      Lingjun resources are PAI's purpose-built compute for large-scale deep learning and intelligent computing. Built on hardware-software co-optimization, they provide a high-performance heterogeneous computing foundation optimized for development, training, and inference.

  • Big data engine resources

    Used for PAI-Designer:

    • MaxCompute

      MaxCompute is an enterprise-level Software as a Service (SaaS) cloud data warehouse for data analytics. It provides a fast, fully managed online data warehouse service that eliminates the scalability and elasticity limitations of traditional data platforms — reducing O&M costs while enabling cost-effective large-scale data processing. For more information, see What is MaxCompute?.

    • Fully managed Flink resources

      Realtime Compute for Apache Flink is a one-stop, real-time big data analytics platform built on Apache Flink with end-to-end sub-second latency. For more information, see What is Realtime Compute for Apache Flink?.

Usage

On the AI Computing Resources > Resource Pool page, create resource groups and purchase compute:

Then, on the AI Computing Resources > Resource Quota page, create a resource quota and associate it with a workspace for AI development and training.

  • Cloud-native resource quota

    Allocate purchased resources from one or more resource groups to one or more resource quotas. Create child quotas to form a quota tree for enhanced queuing and scheduling.

  • Big data resource quota

    For instructions on activating, purchasing, and using big data resource quotas, see: