Huawei hosts 4th Digital Economy Development Forum

Huawei hosted the 4th Digital Economy Development Forum during MWC Barcelona 2026, bringing together participants to examine opportunities for digital economy development in the age of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

The event gathered nearly 100 digital strategy makers, industry experts, and industry association representatives from Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa to review policy, infrastructure, and talent topics under the theme From Vision to Value for an Intelligent Future. The forum reached a consensus that countries at different stages needed AI development strategies and implementation paths suited to their circumstances.

Speakers described the current AI environment as one with rapid growth, where AI agents had begun to take central roles and physical AI deployment had accelerated; an IDC projection in the briefing estimated AI would contribute 22.3 trillion dollars to the global economy by 2030. Presentations addressed network latency, energy, computing capacity, green data centers, and end-to-end data handling as elements of digital infrastructure.

Keynote remarks and session topics examined methods to advance networks, energy systems, and compute resources, including the need for millisecond-level low-latency connections and faster buildout of green data centers to expand compute while reducing carbon emissions. A speaker from Tsinghua University emphasized that data functioned as a production factor and urged refinement of data generation, transfer, storage, and application processes.

“The age if AI is here. And Huawei will continue working with you all to enable intelligent industries and build a solid foundation for the intelligent world. Together, let's turn vision into value and shape our intelligent future.” David Wang said.

MWC Barcelona 2026 was scheduled for March 2 to March 5 in Barcelona, Spain, and Huawei planned to showcase its latest products and solutions at stand 1H50 in Fira Gran Via Hall 1.