Alibaba Cloud to open new data centers in Malaysia, the Philippines

Alibaba Cloud (NYSE:BABA) announced the launch of its third data center in Malaysia on Tuesday and disclosed plans to unveil a second data center in the Philippines in October to meet the growing demand for cloud and AI services across Southeast Asia.

The cloud computing unit of Chinese tech giant Alibaba said the expansions build on earlier infrastructure investments in Thailand, Mexico, and South Korea, announced in the first half of 2025.

Alibaba made the announcements while marking a decade of operations in Singapore and the tenth anniversary of the establishment of its international headquarters in the country.

To commemorate the milestone, Alibaba unveiled the new infrastructure investments, a new AI competency center, advanced cloud and AI technologies, and global research findings on green AI adoption at its Global Summit.

Alibaba Cloud noted that it has launched its first AI Global Competency Center, or AIGCC, in Singapore.

Alibaba said the new center is designed to support over 5,000 businesses and 100,000 developers to accelerate enterprise AI innovation and talent development globally. It will offer access to advanced AI models and powerful computing resources to accelerate experimentation and deployment.

The AIGCC aims to bring together more than 1,000 companies and startups to co-develop next-generation AI solutions, the company added.