Alibaba Cloud Launches First Brazil Data Centres, Expanding to 31 Regions and 106 Zones
pstAsiatech · x · 2026-08-28
- Alibaba Cloud announced its first two data centres in Brazil, offering local enterprises secure cloud infrastructure and a suite of 'agentic AI services' — its entry into South America.
- Allen Guo, GM for Latin America, called Brazil one of the world's most dynamic digital economies and central to Alibaba Cloud's LatAm expansion.
- The company opened its first Latin American data centre in Mexico in early 2025; with Brazil, Alibaba Cloud now spans 106 availability zones across 31 regions.
- The move marks Alibaba's rapid AI infrastructure buildout outside mainland China amid intensifying US-China AI rivalry.
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