# Alibaba Cloud

> Alibaba Cloud is Alibaba Group’s cloud computing and AI business. It rents computing capacity, storage, databases, networking and security services to developers and enterprises, with experience supporting Alibaba’s shopping platforms and Olympic broadcasting. Its Qwen models and Model Studio extend the platform into generative AI.

- **Founded:** 2009
- **Headquarters:** Hangzhou, China
- **Founders:** Wang Jian (Founder; founding president, 2009-2013)
- **Products:** Elastic Compute Service (ECS), Object Storage Service (OSS), PolarDB, Content Delivery Network and Web Application Firewall, Container Service for Kubernetes
- **Notable:** Alibaba reported a 583,000-transactions-per-second peak during Double 11 in 2020., OBS Live Cloud became the main method of remote broadcast distribution for Paris 2024., Reported 107 availability zones in 31 regions at Apsara in September 2026.

## Products & services

- **Elastic Compute Service (ECS)** — Virtual cloud servers with elastic capacity and multiple instance families.
- **Object Storage Service (OSS)** — Object storage for media, backups, archives and data lakes.
- **PolarDB** — Cloud-native relational databases with MySQL, PostgreSQL and Xscale editions.
- **Content Delivery Network and Web Application Firewall** — Content distribution and application traffic protection.
- **Container Service for Kubernetes** — Managed Kubernetes for containerized applications.
- **Model Studio** — Hosted model APIs and tools for developing generative AI applications; token-based inference billing.
- **Qwen** — Alibaba’s AI model family, with open models and hosted services; individual model licenses vary.
- **OBS Cloud 3.0** — Broadcast distribution, content management and AI replay capabilities developed with Olympic Broadcasting Services.
- **AgentCore** — Announced platform for building, running and managing enterprise AI agents.

## Achievements

- Alibaba reported a 583,000-transactions-per-second peak during Double 11 in 2020.
- OBS Live Cloud became the main method of remote broadcast distribution for Paris 2024.
- Reported 107 availability zones in 31 regions at Apsara in September 2026.
- Cloud Intelligence Group December 2025 quarterly revenue grew 36% year on year.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Announced plans for first cloud regions in Türkiye, Finland and the Netherlands over the next 12 months, plus expansion in existing markets; plans rather than completed deployments.
- **2026-09** — Apsara roadmap described AgentCore and Agent Security Center, and a target exceeding 20 GW of global data center capacity by 2032.
- **2026-02** — Announced Olympic AI Assistant and enhanced cloud-based media tools for Milano Cortina 2026.

## Links

- Website: https://www.alibabacloud.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/alibabacloudtech
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/alibaba_cloud
- GitHub: https://github.com/aliyun
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCipPA-ZHX6UYGH_Iyti1-Jw
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alibabacloud/

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Last updated: 2026-10-11