Alibaba Cloud

Type Hyperscale cloud, internal hyperscaler, AI cloud or regional alternative.

Hyperscale cloud 1

Regions Live cloud regions, from the operator's own region page or region list.

32 1

Zones Availability zones (availability domains at Oracle) the operator states across its regions.

109 1

Countries Countries and territories with at least one live region, counted from the operator's region list.

18 2

Named locations Deployment locations the operator names where it publishes no region count.

Not published

Data centers Data center count in the operator's own words.

Not published

Owned vs leased What the operator discloses about owning or leasing its facilities.

Not published

AI capacity Announced AI data center capacity in GW or MW, or the scale of a named AI cluster.

Not published

AI compute The operator's AI accelerators, instances or internal AI platform.

Platform for AI (PAI): DLC training and EAS inference 3

Latest capex Latest reported capital expenditure with its period, plus guidance where given. Group-wide figures for parent companies.

RMB 67.7bn (Alibaba Group) in the quarter to 30 Jun 2026 4

Investment plan Multi-year AI and cloud investment programs, separate from annual capex.

RMB 380bn (USD 53bn) AI and cloud program over three years, announced Feb 2025 5

Sovereign cloud Named sovereign, government or in-country cloud offerings.

Not published

Quarter-by-quarter capex since 2023: Alibaba Cloud on Hyperscaler Capex.

1. Alibaba Cloud Netherlands region launch accessed 2026-11-11
2. ECS regions and zones accessed 2026-11-11
3. Platform for AI overview accessed 2026-11-11
4. Alibaba June quarter 2026 results accessed 2026-11-11
5. Alibaba three-year AI and cloud investment accessed 2026-11-11