Tech Week Shanghai positions city as global testbed for AI governance and cross-border data collaboration

Launch of Shanghai’s cross-border data pilot and industry-led discussions signal how global organisations can scale AI within increasingly complex regulatory environments SHANGHAI, May 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — As AI becomes embedded in core business infrastructure, organisations are under increasing pressure to build cloud, data centre and governance architectures that can support large-scale AI adoption while meeting stricter requirements on cybersecurity and cross-border data flows. Against this backdrop, Tech Week Shanghai 2026 brought together technology pioneers, enterprise leaders and public sector stakeholders to examine how AI can be deployed at scale – and what it takes to do so across fragmented…