Cloud giant
Alibaba Cloud (Alibaba) has opened two new data centers in the United Kingdom. Alibaba is a leader in the cloud arena and has headquarters in Singapore. The company is the cloud computing arm of China’s Alibaba Group, known as ‘Aliyun’ within the region. It has a presence in the Middle East, Europe, Australia and Japan where it offers cloud computing and data management services. Its new UK-based data centers will strengthen its presence in Europe and the Middle East.
The two new facilities are Alibaba's first the UK and both located in London. They join the company’s network of facilities which include EMEA cloud operations in Frankfurt and Dubai. The centers feature robust security and monitoring support. Alibaba's move is intended to address increased demand for its services in the regions, and in particular activity in the EMEA region. Amongst other offerings, the data centers will offer cloud-based storage and database and ‘Big Data’ services. Alibaba now has 52 availability zones globally.
“At Alibaba Cloud, we are – and always have been – committed to our customers. Our expansion into the United Kingdom, and by extension into Europe, is in direct response to the rapidly increasing demands we have seen for local facilities within the region,” explained the General Manager of Alibaba Cloud EMEA, Yeming Wang. “Using AI-powered and data-driven technology, our latest data centres will offer customers complete access to our wide range of cloud services from machine learning capabilities to predictive data analytics – ensuring that we continue to offer an unparalleled level of service. We are incredibly proud to take this latest step in our continued investment in EMEA.”
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