Alibaba opened its first data centers in the UK, with two sites operational in London
• England is one of the fastest-growing European markets for Alibaba Cloud, the company said
• The drive is fueled in part by government demands
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. reported its fastest pace of growth in more than four years by wringing more revenue from its push into cloud computing.
Chinese tech giant Alibaba is now offering customers an option to use its cloud services on infrastructure located in their own data centers
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Chinese internet giant Alibaba is discussing a potential cloud services partnership with BT Group, Britain's largest telecommunications company, Bloomberg reported
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The company, which specializes in systems that analyze faces and images on an enormous scale, said it closed a Series C round in recent months.
Chinese data center providers that cater to hyper-scalers set to benefit from cloud boom.
Red Hat to allow existing subscriptions to migrate to Alibaba Cloud through its Cloud Access program.
First European data center opened in Frankfurt in November; London and Sweden considered for potential locations
Latest addition is a 50,000-square foot GDS facility in China
