Alibaba opens third data centre in Malaysia


Alibaba Cloud also said it’s launching a global competency centre in Singapore to help accelerate AI adoption across industries. — Bloomberg

KUALA LUMPUR: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd is adding new data centres in Malaysia and the Philippines in pursuit of artificial intelligence (AI)-driven growth.

The Hangzhou-based company’s cloud unit launched its third data centre in Malaysia this week and it also plans to open its second data centre in the Philippines in October, it said in a statement released yesterday.

Alibaba Cloud also said it’s launching a global competency centre in Singapore to help accelerate AI adoption across industries.

It said the centre would help more than 5,000 businesses and 100,000 developers access advanced AI models. — Bloomberg

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