The relentless demand for more data has seen a spike both in the size and number of hyperscale data centres.

A mere ten months after launching its first data centre in Indonesia, Alibaba Cloud has now opened the doors to its second.

The old proverb ‘you have to spend money to make money’ could never be truer than in the hyperscale data centre industry.

The order of proceedings remains relatively the same in three of the four major regions for public cloud services providers, but the APAC market is bolstered by the prominence of China.

While the market is seeing strong growth, it's coming at the expense of small-to-medium sized cloud operators.

Accra, the capital and largest city of Ghana, is undergoing rapid urbanisation, causing challenges for city administrators.

“Continuous change can be made into an asset if an organisation sharpens its vision in order to see the future coming.”

Alibaba Cloud has almost 50% of the infrastructure-as-a-service market share in China and its annual revenue grew 101% in FY18.

Tech giants like Alibaba, Tencent, and Qualcomm all chipped in at the recent Smart China Expo to accelerate big data innovations.

While Google and Amazon still lead the way, it seems the smart speaker market is no exception to the steady rise of Chinese tech.

Siemens will implement its MindSphere solution on the Alibaba cloud, with availability starting next year.

Alibaba Cloud has expanded its reach in Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) with the launch of a new partner program.

Leading not just at a global level but also at a regional level, AWS is top of the North America, EMEA, APAC, and Latin America markets.

Retailers including Amazon, Alibaba, Lowe’s and Tesco are developing their own AI solutions for automation, analytics and robotics.

Since its inception in 2012, Daraz has grown into a leading e-commerce company in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Nepal.

“As digital transformation intensifies, business possibilities have no limits and neither should an organisation's IT infrastructure.”

"Cloud growth in the last two quarters has been quite exceptional."

NZ Post CEO David Walsh says the addition of this platform will help to increase New Zealand’s “clean, green and safe” reputation in China.

The strategic partnership between the technology giant and the Government of Thailand seeks to push the development of the nation’s digital economy.

The new data center is a part of Alibaba Cloud’s initiative of supporting the Indonesian Government in creating 1000 startups by 2020.

“The capex analysis emphasizes the biggest reason why those cloud providers are so difficult to challenge.”

The Chinese giant announced the launch of the new products for Europe at MWC 18, stressing its commitment to the region for the future.

“As a result, optimising clouds costs is the top initiative for cloud users in 2018.”

Located in Gangneung Olympic Park, the Olympic Showcase will be open to the public from February 11 to 25.