Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Chinese tech giant Alibaba Group, announced the opening of its third data center in Malaysia on Tuesday and disclosed plans to launch a second data center in the Philippines in October,

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is adding new data centers in Malaysia and the Philippines in pursuit of AI-driven growth.

Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing services and artificial intelligence (AI) arm of Alibaba Group Holding, unveiled plans to launch new data centres in Malaysia and the Philippines, as it expands infrastructure investments to meet the growing demand for AI in the region.