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Alibaba Denies Setting Up Global HQ in Singapore

Alibaba denied a rumor that it is planning to build global headquarters in Singapore, adding that the firm had participated in the construction of a joint facility in 2019 to provide office space for various Southeast Asian business units under Lazada and other subsidiaries.

Alibaba Cloud, HashKey and PlatON to Bring Web3 Global Startup Competition to Four Major Cities

Digital asset financial services group HashKey Digital Asset Group, along with its partners, public cloud IaaS service provider Alibaba Cloud and internet infrastructure protocol PlatON, will co-host HAPathon 2023, a Web3 global startup competition.

Alibaba Reshuffles Cloud Business and DAMO Academy

Chinese tech giant Alibaba announced a new round of organizational restructuring on December 29. Daniel Zhang, Chairman and CEO of Alibaba, sent an email to all employees, setting the keyword for 2023 as "progress."

Alibaba Cloud Experiences System Failure Surpassing 12 Hours

Alibaba's cloud computing unit suffered a system shutdown on December 19 that caused services to be interrupted for more than 12 hours. The anomaly was triggered by the failure of refrigeration equipment at a data center site operated by PCCW.

Tmall Supermarket Launches Products Showing Carbon Footprint in QR Code

Tmall Supermarket, an Alibaba-owned grocery purchasing platform, unveiled its "carbon footprint" certification series of products this week at the first Global Digital Trade Expo in Hangzhou, China's Zhejiang Province.

China Top Five Buyers Expect to Increase Six Times More on Green Energy Consumption This Year

Chinese tech giants Alibaba is among the leading green energy buyers, ranking the second in the list for all Chinese companies, according to a ranking list of top buyers and sellers by research provider BloombergNEF last week.

Alibaba Cloud Launches World’s Largest Intelligent Computing Center

On August 30, Alibaba Cloud announced the official launch of its Zhangbei Super Intelligent Computing Center, with a total construction scale of 12 EFLOPS AI computing power, which will surpass Google's 9 EFLOPS and Tesla's 1.8 EFLOPS.

Alibaba Releases 2022 ESG Report, Cutting Carbon Emission by 620,000t Last Year

Alibaba has cut a total of 619,944 tons of carbon emissions by changing its energy mix to include more clean sources in FY2022 (ended March 2022), according to the company's ESG report published on August 29.

CRM Software Service Provider Salesforce Dissolves China Division

The China division of Salesforce, a customer relationship management (CRM) software service provider, announced on August 3 its dissolution, and Salesforce's office in Hong Kong was also closed.

XPeng Expects to Achieve High-Level Autonomous Driving in 2025

XPeng Motors and Alibaba Cloud announced on August 2 that they have jointly built China's largest intelligent computing center for automated driving in Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia. The center is to be used for autonomous driving vehicle model testing.

Alibaba Cloud Launches Carbon Management Solution Energy Expert

Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba, announced on Thursday the global launch of Energy Expert, a sustainability platform to help customers measure, analyze and manage the carbon emissions of their business activities and products.

Alibaba Cloud’s JV Opens Two Data Centers in Saudi Arabia

Alibaba Cloud and Saudi Telecom Company (STC) jointly announced in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Tuesday that two data centers in the city were officially opened.

Alibaba’s Overseas Retail Orders in FY 2022 Up by 34%

Chinese internet and e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Limited released its official report yesterday for the full fiscal year of 2022 and fourth quarter ended March 31.

Alibaba Cloud, Saudi Telecom Company and EWTP Arabia Capital Form Joint Venture

Saudi Telecom Company (STC), the largest mobile operator in the Middle East, announced on Sunday that it has established a cloud computing joint venture with Alibaba Cloud and EWTP Arabia Capital in Saudi Arabia.

Alibaba Cloud Launches Third Data Center in Germany

Alibaba Cloud, a cloud computing services provider owned by Chinese internet giant Alibaba Group, announced on Tuesday that it has added a new data center in Frankfurt, Germany.

Alibaba Cloud Ranks Third in Global Cloud Computing Market in 2021

IDC, an industry research institution, released its global cloud computing tracking data for 2021 on Wednesday, showing that the scale of global cloud computing Infrastructure as a Service market grew to $91.35 billion.

President of Alibaba Cloud China Resigns

Alibaba Cloud, a cloud computing and artificial intelligence tech firm owned by Alibaba, is undergoing a new round of organizational restructuring. Ren Geng, president of Alibaba Cloud China, has resigned.

Alibaba’s DingTalk to Accelerate Commercialization

At the 2022 DingTalk Product Launch Conference held on Tuesday, Ye Jun, President of DingTalk, announced that the company would initiate various commercialization efforts.

Canalys: China’s Cloud Infrastructure Services Market Reaches $27.4B in 2021

Canalys published its annual cloud services market share report for China on Monday. Overall, 2021 was a strong year in the mainland of China, with the cloud infrastructure services market growing 45% to a total of $27.4 billion.

Alibaba’s Office Communications Software DingTalk Appoints New COO

Ku Wei, general manager of the IoT business unit within Alibaba Cloud, has taken up the post of COO of DingTalk, an office software product owned by Alibaba Group.

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