BEIJING, Oct. 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Newlinks Technology Limited (“Newlinks”), the parent company of NaaS Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: NAAS) (“NaaS” or the “Company”), announced that it signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Tencent Cloud at the 2026 Tencent Global Digital Ecosystem Summit held in Shenzhen on October 29, 2026. Under the agreement, the two parties will collaborate in cloud services, artificial intelligence (AI) and the Energy Internet of Things (Energy IoT), jointly exploring innovative applications of AI technology in the energy sector and advancing the evolution of energy digitalization toward intelligent operations.

Held under the theme “Collective Intelligence and the Data Flywheel: Unleashing Productivity Across All Scenarios,” the summit highlighted the practical path of AI agents evolving from individual productivity gains to enterprise-wide, full-scenario productivity. The collaboration with Tencent Cloud reflects the extension of AI capabilities into energy digitalization scenarios.

Newlinks was named among China's Top 500 private enterprises. Focused on energy digitalization, Newlinks is committed to enhancing the stability and efficiency of global transportation energy networks. Over the decade since its founding, it has developed a “NewLink as a Service” business model that connects participants across the upstream and downstream of the energy industry, serving approximately hundreds of millions of vehicle owners and tens of thousands of enterprise customers as of the date of this press release. Its new energy business covers more than 200,000 charging stations while its refined oil products business connects approximately 26,000 gas stations, with a footprint spanning approximately 1,800 towns and cities across China. NaaS Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: NAAS), its subsidiary, is the first U.S.-listed EV charging service company in China.

Tencent Cloud is a cloud computing brand with strong capabilities in cloud computing, big data and AI. Under this collaboration, the two parties intend to leverage their respective strengths to cooperate in AI. Through Tencent Cloud's data platform, as well as AI-driven tools including WorkBuddy and TokenHub, the two parties expect to deepen the application of AI across energy retail and energy management scenarios, with the aim of improving operational efficiency and user experience.

The Company believes that this collaboration represents a meaningful step by an energy digitalization enterprise and a cloud service provider toward accelerating the empowerment of AI in business development. Leveraging its extensive charging network coverage in the new energy vehicle charging sector and combining it with Tencent Cloud's AI and cloud capabilities, NaaS aims to bring more convenient energy service experiences and higher operating efficiency to both users and charging stations, and will continue to contribute to the green transformation of China's transportation energy sector.

About NaaS Technology Inc.

NaaS Technology Inc. is the first U.S.-listed EV charging service company in China. The Company is a subsidiary of Newlinks, a leading energy digitalization group in China, and is one of the leading providers of new energy asset operation services. The Company uses advanced technology to intelligently match charging supply with demand, offering EV users a seamless, efficient and smart charging experience, while empowering charging stations and operators to optimize operations, improve efficiency and enhance profitability.

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