Ant Group has unveiled its 2025 Sustainability Report, showcasing a record research and development (R&D) investment of USD 5.17 billion (RMB 35.03 billion) in 2025. This marks the fifth consecutive year of increased R&D spending, underscoring the company's commitment to sustainable AI development. The report also highlights significant advancements in green computing, leading to a 55.32% reduction in operational carbon emissions year-on-year.

The report outlines Ant Group's focus on three core priorities: foundational AI models, AI-powered payment and everyday services, and AI-driven health solutions. The company's AI-native health app, AQ, has surpassed 100 million users, connecting them with over 5,000 medical institutions across China. The app's "AI Doctor Agents" have provided free health guidance to 6.9 million users in 2025.

In the realm of AI payment services, Alipay has launched an upgraded AI agent, "Ah Bao," and introduced a full-stack AI payment infrastructure. By May 2026, Alipay AI Pay had processed over 300 million transactions, establishing itself as a leading AI-native payment platform globally.

Ant Group's green computing initiatives have also delivered measurable impacts. The Theta AI infrastructure has increased GPU utilisation by 2.3 times during inference and reduced data centre carbon emissions by 139,545 tCO2e. The company achieved operational carbon neutrality for the fifth year, with clean energy use in data centres reaching 65% in 2025.

Ant Group's 2025 Sustainability Report is currently available in Chinese, with an English version to be released soon

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