Alibaba Cloud has expanded its global infrastructure footprint by launching new data centres in France, Japan, Malaysia, and Mexico.
The company now operates 105 availability zones across 32 regions, reflecting its ongoing commitment to scaling cloud and AI resources worldwide.
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This development forms part of Alibaba Group’s previously announced $53bn investment in AI and cloud infrastructure in 2025.
The new data centres are designed to offer a comprehensive suite of cloud computing services, including elastic computing, storage, containerisation, networking, security, databases, and a range of developer tools.
Alibaba Cloud states that the centres have been constructed to meet local regulatory requirements, with a particular focus on data privacy, sovereignty, cybersecurity, and resilience.
Demand for advanced cloud and AI solutions continues to grow across multiple sectors, such as retail, entertainment, gaming, software development, and creative platforms using AI.
In response, Alibaba Cloud is expanding its cloud offerings to help organisations navigate digital transformation in their local markets.
Alibaba Cloud international business chief technology officer and president Dr Feifei Li said: “The expansion of our cloud infrastructure across continents reinforces our ongoing commitment to empowering global businesses with sovereign, secure, and intelligent solutions.
“Alongside the introduction of our agentic AI services to various markets, this move aligns with our broader strategy to bring our full-stack AI+Cloud ecosystem to global customers as we enter the agentic era.”
The company has released several AI-native database and data analytics products in Europe, Japan, and Malaysia, including Data Agent for Analytics, Meta, direct-attached storage (DAS), and DataBridge.
These are aimed at providing analytical insights, knowledge management, database operations, and data ingestion to support various enterprise applications.
Alibaba Cloud also plans to launch additional agentic AI services in Malaysia and Europe in the second half of 2026, supporting end-to-end management and deployment of enterprise-scale AI agents.
