Alibaba will use Singapore to expand its cloud business overseas

As the “Amazon of China,” it’s only natural that Alibaba wants to expand its cloud division to better compete with the likes of Amazon Web Services. Ethan Yu, the vice president of the company’s cloud division, announced last night that Alibaba has chosen Singapore as the location of its next data center, as well as the headquarters of its overseas cloud business. This data center will be the company’s seventh overall and is expected to launch early next month.