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F1 regulator signs cloud agreement with AWS
While Alibaba Cloud teams up with International Olympic Committee on youth games in Senegal
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Alibaba launches Amsterdam cloud region, plans further European expansion
Company also launches latest version of on-premise rack offering
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Alibaba Cloud plans new cloud regions in Turkey, Finland, the Netherlands
Will also expand existing footprint in Malaysia, Germany, UAE, and elsewhere
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Alibaba unveils Zhenwu V900, says cloud capacity will hit 20GW by 2032
New AI chip slated for release in Q1 2027
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Alibaba Cloud plans to lean on its self-developed chips moving forward
Hopes this will improve its margin and profitability
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Alibaba Cloud launches third data center in South Korea
Has been in the country since 2016
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AI lab Moonshot leases 20,000 Nvidia GPUs from Alibaba Cloud - report
Makes up a significant proportion of Moonshot's overall compute capacity for Kimi models
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Alibaba Cloud launches France region
Has two availability zones
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Alibaba launches cloud region in Johor, Malaysia
Based out of two data centers
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Alibaba announces new AI chip for training and inferencing workloads
Zhenwu M890 has 144GB of GPU memory
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Alibaba Cloud needs 10x its 2022 compute capacity, says CEO Eddie Wu
While Tencent Cloud struggles to generate an ROI from GPUs
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Alibaba ships 470,000 AI chips, predicts $100bn in cloud and AI revenue in the future
But investors remain unimpressed
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Chinese cloud providers hike up prices for cloud and AI services
Alibaba Cloud, Tencent, and Baidu hop on the bandwagon
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Alibaba Cloud revenue grows 34%, company can't keep up with AI demand
Alibaba dismisses concerns about an "AI bubble"
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Synergy Research: Neoclouds gradually increasing CIS market share, as Amazon declines
Steady growth overall, but Amazon loses two percent in market share
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Google Cloud plans LA28 Games partnership, Alibaba Cloud teams up with NBA China
Cloud and AI services for games around the world
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Alibaba Cloud to launch data centers in eight locations in coming year
Company to add new facilities in Europe, South America, Asia, and the Middle East
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Bosch and Alibaba sign cloud and AI agreement
Will focus on cloud migration and AI cooperation
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Alibaba's cloud unit sees 26% revenue growth YoY
Compared to company-wide revenue growth of just two percent
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Turkey's Trendyol to build 48MW data center in Ankara
Alibaba-owned e-commerce company looks to self-build
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Alibaba Cloud reaffirms $52.7bn global buildout plans
CEO Eddie Wu says company will create a "unified global cloud network" in the wake of H20 export bans
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Alibaba's Joe Tsai voices concern about AI data center construction bubble
Fears buildout might outstrip demand
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Alibaba Group to invest $53bn in cloud and AI infrastructure in next three years
Expects this period to be the company's "most concentrated and highest level of investments"
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Alibaba Cloud launches Mexico cloud region
Less than a year after revealing plans
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£1bn Microsoft lawsuit claims it overcharged rival cloud firms’ UK customers
Thousands of businesses represented in huge Windows Server lawsuit that echoes CMA and CISPE allegations
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Alibaba Cloud revenue up 7% for the quarter, cites AI as key factor
Tencent also releases quarterly earnings
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GoTo Group signs five-year cloud deals with Tencent and Alibaba Cloud
Will use both company's cloud services
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Alibaba Cloud claims modular data center can halve build times
Company invests in solutions to help satisfy demand for AI