PRESS: Alibaba to launch cloud platform in Russia via IXcellerate

MOSCOW, Oct 13 (PRIME) -- Chinese Internet holding Alibaba Group has agreed to launch its cloud platform Alibaba Cloud in Russia through partnership with Moscow data center IXcellerate for its own needs and for other Chinese customers in the country later on, business daily Kommersant reported on Tuesday, quoting IT sources.

Alibaba Group registered firm Alibaba Cloud (Ru) in November 2019 and received the necessary licenses in September.

One of the sources said the Chinese group occupied more than a half of capacities of the Moscow data center, which hosts almost 1,500 racks.

Another source said that Alibaba needs the platform to support fast-growing businesses in the region, like AliExpress Russia and its logistics partner Cainiao Network.

Alibaba Group is the largest cloud provider in China with 56 points of presence in 19 regions of the world. It services the own e-commerce system, as well as storage and processing of data of third-party customers.

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