Alibaba Cloud announced the official launch of its third data center in South Korea on August 18. This follows the opening of its first data center in 2022 and a second in 2025. The company views South Korea as a key market for artificial intelligence (AI) and digital services, planning to continue its long-term investments in the region.
The new data center is seen as a significant milestone in Alibaba Cloud's expansion in South Korea. The company aims to provide a stable and scalable cloud infrastructure to domestic businesses adopting AI technologies. Since entering the South Korean market in 2016, Alibaba Cloud has offered cloud and digital transformation services to local corporate clients and partners.
Notably, the decision to open a new data center just a year after the second one reflects expectations of increasing demand for AI infrastructure in South Korea. According to the company, the second data center is currently operational.
With the new data center, Alibaba Cloud plans to enhance its infrastructure in South Korea, enabling local businesses to operate AI and cloud-based services more reliably.
The new facility will offer a range of enterprise cloud computing services, including computing, storage, networking, security, databases, containers, and cloud-native services. This is expected to improve service availability and operational stability for domestic customers, reduce latency, and enhance disaster recovery capabilities for critical operations.
In response to the growing demand for enterprise AI agents, Alibaba Cloud also plans to expand its agent-based AI services in South Korea, including AgentRun, STAROps, ACS Agent Sandbox, Agent Security Center, AI Security Guardrails 2.0, and Agentic SOC. These services will support businesses in efficiently managing the entire process from developing and testing AI agents to deployment, operation, and security management.
This launch is part of Alibaba's $53 billion investment plan for AI infrastructure. With the new data center, Alibaba Cloud's global infrastructure now spans 30 regions and 104 availability zones. The infrastructure has been designed to comply with local regulations and standards regarding cybersecurity, resilience, and data governance, prioritizing data privacy and sovereignty.
Yoon Yong-jun, head of Alibaba Cloud Intelligence in South Korea, stated, "South Korea is a core market where Alibaba Cloud has been making long-term investments. The third data center represents an investment aimed at supporting domestic companies in operating AI and cloud-based services more reliably." He added, "Alibaba Cloud will continue to support the digital transformation of local businesses with a stable and scalable cloud infrastructure and AI services."
* This article has been translated by AI.
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