Alibaba (HKG:9988) said Wednesday it will build its first cloud data centers in Turkey, Finland, and the Netherlands over the next 12 months as part of the Chinese e-commerce giant's AI infrastructure expansion in Europe and the Middle East.
The company said it is also planning additional data centers in Malaysia, Germany, the United Arab Emirates, France and Hong Kong, in a push to bolster its cloud and AI services capabilities.
Li Feifei, the company's chief technology officer and president of international business at Alibaba Cloud Intelligence, made the announcements at a key investor event held in Hangzhou, China.
At the event, Alibaba also announced technology partnerships, including with Panasonic Digital Shanghai, Lion Parcel, Loomi Entertainment Group, SHAKE, and Unity China.
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