Economy
Alibaba to Invest $28 Billion Over Three Years in Cloud

(Bloomberg) — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. will invest 200 billion yuan ($28 billion) on cloud infrastructure such as datacenters over the next three years, a major effort to extend one of its fastest-growing business segments to more countries.
The Chinese e-commerce giant plans to build more datacenters to complement an existing network covering 21 regions around the world, the company said in a statement. It will continue to develop its own technologies in areas such as AI-inference chips to support that expansion in cloud services, it added.
Cloud computing has been one of the fastest-growing initiatives for Alibaba as it expands beyond its traditional e-commerce focus. The sector’s revenue rose 62% to 10.7 billion yuan in the December quarter, driven by contributions from the company’s public cloud and hybrid cloud operations.
Alibaba warned in February that the coronavirus outbreak would have a broad impact on the Chinese economy and its business. While certain operations like grocery delivery and online entertainment benefited, others were hurt by complications with delivery and quarantine.
Alibaba Warns Virus Having Broad Impact on Chinese Economy
Alibaba shares fell earlier this year, but have recovered in recent weeks and are now little changed for the year.
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