China's Alibaba Cloud announces price cut on products powered by offshore data centres

China's Alibaba Cloud announces price cut on products powered by offshore data centres

3D printed clouds and figurines are seen in front of the Alibaba Cloud service logo in this illustration taken February 8, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

China’s Alibaba Cloud on Monday said it will cut prices for products that are powered by its offshore data centers by as much as 59% amid rising competition to attract artificial intelligence software developers.

The cloud service provider said products related to computing, storage, network, database and big data will receive an average of a 23% price reduction.

This is the third time the cloud arm of Chinese e-commerce leader Alibaba Group Holding has moved to cut prices over the last 12 months. In February, Alibaba had already announced a similar price cut programme aimed at domestic users.

The price cuts mark Alibaba’s latest effort to lure developers to build data-intensive AI models and applications using its cloud services.

Reuters

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