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Global demand for data surge fuels a boom in hyperscale data centres, with 132 new facilities set to bolster the current 430, a rise led by Amazon and Google.

A mere ten months after launching its first data centre in Indonesia, Alibaba Cloud has now opened the doors to its second.

The old proverb ‘you have to spend money to make money’ could never be truer than in the hyperscale data centre industry.

Amazon Web Services leads the global public cloud market across all major regions, though the APAC scene is uniquely shaped by strong local competition.

‘Smart cities’ is one of the hot buzz phrases of 2018, and Alibaba Cloud is taking measures to ensure it’s at the forefront of the movement.

While the market is seeing strong growth, it's coming at the expense of small-to-medium sized cloud operators.

Accra, the capital and largest city of Ghana, is undergoing rapid urbanisation, causing challenges for city administrators.

Gartner predicts that AI projects will remain alchemy, face recognition will reduce missing people, and social media scandals will have little impact.

Alibaba Cloud will work with Norwegian software company Kongsberg Digital to open up new solutions for the energy sector in China and other parts of Asia.

Alibaba Cloud has almost 50% of the infrastructure-as-a-service market share in China and its annual revenue grew 101% in FY18.

Tech giants like Alibaba, Tencent, and Qualcomm all chipped in at the recent Smart China Expo to accelerate big data innovations.

While Google and Amazon still lead the way, it seems the smart speaker market is no exception to the steady rise of Chinese tech.

Alibaba Cloud has invested a significant amount of resources into its latest suite of products and partner programme.

Alibaba Cloud has announced a partnership with former Formula One (F1) champion Fernando Alonso to provide cloud infrastructure.

Alibaba Cloud and Siemens partner to bring MindSphere IoT solutions to China, supporting the country's Industrie 4.0 and manufacturing transformation.

Alibaba Cloud has expanded its reach in Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) with the launch of a new partner program.

Leading not just at a global level but also at a regional level, AWS is top of the North America, EMEA, APAC, and Latin America markets.

Retailers including Amazon, Alibaba, Lowe’s and Tesco are developing their own AI solutions for automation, analytics and robotics.

Datacloud Europe kicked off today with a keynote from Schneider Electric's Kevin Brown on the future of the data center industry.

Since its inception in 2012, Daraz has grown into a leading eCommerce company in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Nepal.