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title: "Tencent and Alibaba expand APAC cloud infrastructure"
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url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/296328375.md"
description: "Tencent Cloud and Alibaba Cloud are expanding their cloud infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific region. Tencent plans to establish its first cloud region in Malaysia, featuring up to three availability zones. Concurrently, Alibaba Cloud launched a third data center in South Korea. These moves aim to add capacity in key Asian markets amidst rising global cloud infrastructure spending, with both announcements made on August 18."
datetime: "2026-08-19T09:00:00.000Z"
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# Tencent and Alibaba expand APAC cloud infrastructure

Tencent Cloud plans to establish its first cloud region in Malaysia, while Alibaba Cloud has launched a third data centre in South Korea, adding capacity in two Asian markets as global cloud infrastructure spending continues to rise. Both announcements were made on August 18. Tencent’s planned Malaysia region will comprise up to three availability zones \[…\] The post Tencent and Alibaba expand APAC cloud infrastructure appeared first on Cloud Computing News.

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