Alibaba Cloud unveiled its latest global infrastructure expansion plan, which includes expanding its data centre footprint in Malaysia and Hong Kong.
Beyond APAC, the company also announced the establishment of its first cloud regions in Türkiye, Finland, and the Netherlands, and data centre footprint expansion in Germany, the United Arab Emirates, and France over the next 12 months.
Dr Feifei Li, chief technology officer and president of International Business of Alibaba Cloud Intelligence, said: “We are expanding our global cloud footprint to bring computing resources closer to customers and partners, while continuing to evolve our AI technologies to help enterprises deploy models, optimise multi-model workloads and create new AI-powered applications. At the same time, our growing ecosystem of customers and partners demonstrates how these capabilities can translate into tangible business value across industries and markets.”
New AI solutions
Alibaba Cloud also launched three new AI solutions to help international businesses build and scale production-grade applications:
- Smart Studio, an out-of-the-box product designed to help businesses build dedicated Model-as-a-Service (MaaS) platforms in minutes.
- Smart Fusion is an intelligent engine that helps users and businesses achieve state-of-the-art model performance at low cost through a unified, standard model API.
- Smart Video is an AI video agent designed for short-drama studios and advertisers to create videos up to one hour long automatically.
Alibaba Cloud collaborated with industry leaders-Panasonic Digital, Unity China, Lion Parcel, Loomi Entertainment Group, and SHAKE-to enhance efficiency, foster innovation, and unlock new opportunities with cloud and AI.
“Alibaba Cloud’s advanced AI models give creators new ways to turn ideas into engaging content more efficiently. Through this partnership, we look forward to bringing AIGC capabilities to more creators in Malaysia and the wider region, while exploring new possibilities for AI-powered content production,” said Ivan Tan, CTO of Loomi Entertainment Group.
