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Alibaba Cloud

HyperscalerTenant

Alibaba.com is an online business-to-business (B2B) marketplace connecting manufacturers, suppliers, exporters, and importers globally. It facilitates sourcing, product research, and communication between businesses. The platform offers a wide range of products and services for various industries. While Alibaba.com is a broad e-commerce platform, its services can support the data centre industry by providing access to suppliers of IT equipment, networking hardware, power solutions, and other components necessary for building and maintaining data centre infrastructure. It enables businesses to source these essential items from a global network of vendors.

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Facilities tracked

6

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6

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2

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, CNFounded 2009NYSE: BABA

Alibaba Cloud data centre locations

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About Alibaba Cloud

Alibaba Cloud is a hyperscaler and cloud computing arm of the Alibaba Group, headquartered in China. It provides a comprehensive suite of cloud computing services, including infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS), platform-as-a-service (PaaS), and software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings, serving a diverse customer base that includes enterprises, developers, and public sector organizations. As one of the largest cloud service providers in Asia, Alibaba Cloud's key differentiators include its extensive data center infrastructure in China and globally, as well as its deep integration with Alibaba's e-commerce and digital ecosystem.

Alibaba Cloud is the cloud computing and AI arm of Alibaba Group, providing global cloud services including IaaS, PaaS, and AI solutions primarily through its Apsara platform.

Company Overview

Ownership Type

Subsidiary

Parent Company

Alibaba

Alibaba Cloud facilities

Every Alibaba Cloud site with a page on DC Atlas, by market.

DubaiUnited Arab Emirates

HangzhouChina

HeyuanChina

NantongChina

UlanqabChina

ZhangjiakouChina

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Recent Activity

  • AnnouncedSep 22, 2026

    Alibaba announces plan to expand global data-centre capacity to 20+ GW by 2032

    Alibaba Group CEO Yu Yunming announced at the Apsara 2026 conference that Alibaba Cloud will expand its global data-centre capacity to more than 20 gigawatts by 2032. The company cited constraints from global AI data-centre supply shortages as a current limitation on computing capacity growth, and said it will actively invest in AI infrastructure alongside partners to meet rapidly growing artificial-intelligence demand.

  • AnnouncedAug 27, 2026

    Alibaba Cloud launches first cloud region in Brazil

    Alibaba Cloud has launched its first cloud region in Brazil to accelerate cloud and AI transformation in the country.

  • AnnouncedAug 18, 2026

    Alibaba Cloud launches third data center in South Korea

    Alibaba Cloud announced the opening of its third data center in Seoul, South Korea, expanding its regional infrastructure as part of a $53 billion global AI and cloud infrastructure commitment. The new facility raises Alibaba Cloud's service-level agreement for South Korea from 99.95% to 99.99%, enabling redundancy across three sites. The company now operates 104 availability zones across 30 regions and will use the facility to expand agentic AI service offerings and support South Korean enterprises with AI and cloud services.

  • AnnouncedAug 14, 2026

    Alibaba Cloud cuts AI data center build time to 100 days with CUBE 5.0

    Alibaba Cloud announced it has reduced the delivery cycle for large AI data centers to 100 days using its CUBE 5.0 modular architecture. The company has also lowered construction costs by more than 10%, increased computing density, and tripled global modular capacity in response to accelerating demand for AI infrastructure.

  • EnergizedAug 14, 2026

    Alibaba Cloud energizes M890 AI supernode at Ulanqab data center

    Alibaba Cloud has officially deployed its Lingjun Zhenwu M890 supernode at its Ulanqab super data center in Inner Mongolia, the same facility launched six years ago. The supernode brings next-generation AI compute capabilities to the site. This deployment is part of Alibaba Cloud's strategy to position its "Five Super Data Centers" for the AI era.

  • Lease signedAug 4, 2026

    Moonshot leases 20,000 Nvidia GPUs from Alibaba Cloud

    AI lab Moonshot has leased 20,000 Nvidia GPUs from Alibaba Cloud, according to reports.

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