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Alibaba Cloud opens its first data centre in Mexico

Muhammad Zulhusni — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:55:53 +0000

Alibaba Cloud has launched its first data centre in Mexico, as part of its ongoing effort to extend its digital infrastructure and cloud computing services into new global markets. The facility is the company’s latest step toward expanding its presence in Latin America, where demand for cloud solutions is rising. With this launch, Alibaba Cloud […]

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Alibaba Cloud expands Thai presence with second data centre

Muhammad Zulhusni — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 11:05:33 +0000

Alibaba Cloud has reinforced its presence in Thailand, launching a second data centre to meet the country’s growing demand for cloud services. The new facility joins Alibaba Cloud’s first Thai data centre, which opened in 2022, and is part of the company’s broader push to strengthen its cloud infrastructure across Southeast Asia. Together, the two […]

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Alibaba joins Microsoft, Amazon, and Huawei in offering DeepSeek

Muhammad Zulhusni — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 16:52:47 +0000

Alibaba Cloud has jumped on the DeepSeek bandwagon, making the Chinese AI startup’s models available on its platform. The company’s decision is similar to other tech giants’: offering DeepSeek’s open-source systems to its users. In a WeChat post, Alibaba Cloud said that users can now use the LLM – from training to deployment and inference […]

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Alibaba’s LLM pricing challenges domestic and Western rivals

Dashveenjit Kaur — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 08:17:08 +0000

Alibaba Cloud LLM pricing strategy has taken a dramatic turn as the company announces an unprecedented 85% reduction in access costs for its most sophisticated large language models. The announcement, made via WeChat and reported by the South China Morning Post, positions the company’s flagship Qwen-VL-Max model at just 0.003 yuan ($0.00041) per thousand tokens, […]

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Alibaba Cloud and NVIDIA merge AI prowess for next-gen automotive tech

Dashveenjit Kaur — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 07:47:21 +0000

Alibaba Cloud has integrated its large multimodal model (LMM) solution with the automotive platform by Nvidia to enhance smart mobility experiences for China-based automakers. The collaboration, which also involves Alibaba’s intelligent cockpit solution provider Banma, aims to revolutionise in-car interactions and autonomous driving capabilities. The collaboration has been followed by the unveiling of a large […]

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Alibaba Cloud sees 6% revenue growth driven by AI adoption

Dashveenjit Kaur — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 09:59:09 +0000

Driven by AI technology, Alibaba Group has reported a 6% year-over-year (YoY) increase in its cloud business revenue for the quarter ending June 30, reaching RMB 26.5 billion ($3.65 billion). This growth marks the segment’s strongest performance since the September 2022 quarter, signalling a potential turnaround after several periods of single-digit growth. Despite the competitive […]

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Alibaba transforms Olympic broadcasting with cloud and AI services

Muhammad Zulhusni — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 08:28:01 +0000

Alibaba Group Holding’s cloud computing division is bringing changes to the way Olympic content will be transmitted and consumed, marking a significant milestone in the history of sports broadcasting. On July 25, Alibaba Cloud, in collaboration with Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS), unveiled OBS Cloud 3.0, an innovative AI-enhanced platform designed to serve as the primary […]

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Alibaba Cloud shutters Australian and Indian data centres, contradicting earlier claims

Muhammad Zulhusni — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 13:19:47 +0000

Alibaba Cloud has announced the imminent closure of its data centre operations in Australia and India – a move that contradicts its previous assurances to The Register about the stability of its Australian presence. The Chinese cloud giant recently disclosed this decision, framing it as part of a broader infrastructure strategy update. In a statement, […]

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China cloud infrastructure spend hits $9.2bn in Q3 with ‘relentless’ AI focus

James Bourne — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 10:16:54 +0000

Spending on cloud infrastructure services in mainland China hit $9.2 billion USD (£7.29bn) in the third quarter of 2023 accounting for 12% of global cloud spend, according to analyst firm Canalys. The three largest vendors in China – Alibaba, Huawei and Tencent – represent almost three quarters (73%) of the market and customer spending. Alibaba […]

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Alibaba Cloud launches AI image generation model, Tongyi Wanxiang

Duncan MacRae — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 09:42:15 +0000

Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, has unveiled its latest AI image generation model, Tongyi Wanxiang (‘Wanxiang’ means ‘tens of thousands of images’). The cutting-edge generative AI model is now available for enterprise customers in China for beta testing. In addition, the cloud pioneer announced the launch of ModelScopeGPT, a versatile framework designed […]

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