5h | Melanie Mingas
Alibaba Cloud is ramping up its business strategy in Thailand with the launch of a new partner alliance, education scheme and plans to set up its first hyperscale data centre.
The data centre is scheduled for launch in 2022 and will carry a range of Alibaba services and solutions including those used to support the group’s international operation around retail, logistics, fintech, media and entertainment and digital marketing.
It will be the group’s first facility in the country.
“Our current plan is to set up a data centre in Thailand where we see a lot of growing demand to support the local business community with its digital transformation efforts,” said Tyler Qiu, GM for Thailand, Alibaba Cloud Intelligence.
“As a leading global cloud services provider, we understand how critical digitalisation is for the country and the benefits…
