Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, has unveiled ambitious plans to establish its first cloud region in Mexico. In addition, the company aims to set up new data centers in Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and South Korea over the next three years. This strategic move will significantly bolster Alibaba Cloud’s cloud and AI infrastructure across key international markets.
At the Alibaba Cloud Global Summit in Paris, Selina Yuan, President of International Business at Alibaba Cloud Intelligence, stated, “With the rapidly rising demand for AI across industries, we are reinforcing our commitment to expanding our AI infrastructure and enhancing our cloud capacities worldwide.” She also emphasized the importance of digital talent initiatives, noting that collaborations with global universities and local partners will “further equip the upcoming generation with the requisite AI skills.”
Model Studio for International AI Development
To empower enterprises and developers in AI model and application development, Alibaba Cloud’s premier generative AI development platform, Model Studio, will soon be accessible to international customers via its Availability Zones in Singapore. The platform will offer access to Alibaba Cloud’s large language model Qwen family, which includes both closed-source and open-source models with multimodal capabilities. These models range from 0.5 billion to several hundred billion parameters, enabling the creation of custom generative AI applications. Additional model finetuning and inferencing tools will be available later this year, enhancing the development of sophisticated AI tasks with improved cost-efficiency.
Enhanced Partnerships to Elevate Customer Experience
Alibaba Cloud is strengthening its collaboration with SAP to introduce a comprehensive enterprise solution for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Asia. This integrated cloud-based business management solution combines the robust capabilities of SAP Business One with Alibaba Cloud’s scalable, secure, and cost-efficient infrastructure. Designed to provide SMEs with a powerful ERP system without the need for substantial initial investment in IT infrastructure, the solution leverages Alibaba Cloud’s compute nest technology for seamless integration and rapid deployment.
Furthermore, in response to the increasing demand from multinational companies operating in China, Alibaba Cloud is developing a Salesforce on Alibaba Cloud training course. This exclusive program, designed for multinational companies, focuses on mastering the Salesforce CRM platform with integrated and localized features supported by Alibaba Cloud. The course aims to equip over 10,000 participants with essential skills by the end of 2025, ensuring smooth migration and integration into the Salesforce ecosystem.
Thriving Collaboration to Support Global Customers
Alibaba Cloud has been chosen by a growing base of international customers for its trusted cloud computing capabilities and proven AI technologies, which play a pivotal role in their accelerated digital transformation journey and the pursuit of AI innovation:
- LVMH Group, the world leader in high-quality products, and Alibaba Group announced an extended partnership to push further the boundary of luxury experience in China, leveraging Alibaba’s cloud technologies, through AI-powered innovations in retail and online with Tmall. In its pursuit of relentless innovation, LVMH has begun integrating Alibaba Cloud’s generative AI capabilities, including Qwen, Alibaba’s proprietary large language model, and Model Studio. This integration has paved the way for the creation of novel applications and services that underscore the luxury Maison’s commitment to staying at the forefront of innovation, harnessing cutting-edge technology to elevate its luxury offerings for global consumers, and fostering innovation-led growth within its global retail businesses.
- FathomX, a digital health AI company emerging from the National University of Singapore, has utilized Alibaba Cloud’s infrastructure to support its AI-driven breast cancer detection system. The partnership has led to a 27.6% annual reduction in infrastructure costs. This efficiency boost enables FathomX to expand operations and deliver sophisticated healthcare solutions worldwide.
- International Canoe Federation(ICF): Alibaba Cloud has been helping the ICF to find ways to measure and improve the sustainability of its events around the world since they signed a strategic collaboration last year. Extending the strategic partnership, the ICF will explore the potential of employing Alibaba Cloud’s AI-driven ESG solutions to reduce environmental impact and carbon footprint at its events and jointly organise sustainable activities to promote collaborative efforts.
About Alibaba Cloud
Established in 2009, Alibaba Cloud (www.alibabacloud.com) is the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group. It offers a complete suite of cloud services to customers worldwide, including elastic computing, database, storage, network virtualization services, large-scale computing, security, big data analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) services. Alibaba has been named the leading IaaS provider in Asia Pacific by revenue in U.S. dollars since 2018, according to Gartner. It has also maintained its position as one of the world’s leading public cloud IaaS service providers since 2018, according to IDC.
