Alibaba Cloud doubles data centre capacity in Hong Kong to meet enterprise demand
Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, said on Monday that it has doubled both the data storage and processing capacity of its data centre in Hong Kong to meet the rising demand for secure and scalable computing services in Asia-Pacific, as the city aims to position itself as a regional cloud computing hub.
The expanded data centre will meet demand for disaster recovery and offer greater access to data storage and analytics, as well as cloud security services.
“More companies have come to realise the importance of changing their traditional IT mindset to embrace the new data technology. We are confident that the expanded data centre facility, together with our scalable and secure cloud offering, will better meet the needs of the digital transformation in key local sectors such as hospitality and financial services,” said Ethan Yu, vice president of Alibaba Group and general manager of Alibaba Cloud Global.
More companies have come to realise the importance of changing their traditional IT mindset to embrace the new data technology
A data centre is a secure, temperature-controlled facility built and equipped to house large capacity server computers and enterprise data storage systems, with multiple power sources and high-bandwidth connections to the internet.
“Hong Kong plays a key role for Alibaba Cloud’s globalisation. We are the only cloud [provider] who has more than one availability zone in Hong Kong, which meets customers’ demand for disaster recovery and scalability,” said an Alibaba Cloud spokesperson.
Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post.
Data centres are largely used to host cloud computing operations. Cloud services enable companies to buy, lease or sell software and other digital resources online, similar to electricity from a power grid.