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Alibaba Cloud Announces International Expansion Plans to Power the Next-Generation AI Innovations
- New data centers and service centers designed to enhance infrastructure coverage and stay ahead of global growing demand for AI and Cloud services
- Full-stack AI and Cloud capabilities fuel innovations withglobalpartners and customers
HANGZHOU, CHINA – Media OutReach Newswire – 24 September 2025 – Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, today announced its latest strategic plans to launch its first data centers in Brazil, France, and the Netherlands, with additional data centers to be added in Mexico, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Dubai in the coming year. Revealed at the company’s annual flagship technology conference Apsara Conference 2025, the strategic expansion will also see the set up of new regional service centers in Indonesia and Germany to provide round-the-clock, multi-language customer supports. Alibaba Cloud currently operates 91 availability zones in 29 regions globally.
Dr. Feifei Li, President of International Business and SVP of Alibaba Cloud Intelligence Group, said “AI is revolutionizing not only technology, but also the very foundation of how enterprises deliver business value and drive growth. Our strategic expansion of global infrastructure is designed to cater for the accelerating demand from forward-thinking customers. Alibaba Cloud stands at the forefront of the AI innovation, co-evolving with our customers with full stack AI and cloud solutions that support businesses anytime and anywhere. We are here to help partners and customers to design, launch, and scale groundbreaking AI agents and applications, fueling the next generation of digital innovation and unlocking unprecedented value in the global marketplace.”
To further cultivate a vibrant technology ecosystem, Alibaba Cloud has launched the AI Catalyst Program, designed to support global AI companies to grow and scale. Selected companies will receive support from industry experts, access to AI products and tools, and go-to-market resources, including up to 2 billion free tokens on Model Studio, Alibaba Cloud’s one-stop generative AI development platform, and up to 120k USD cloud credits from Alibaba Cloud.
Fueling Worldwide Partners and Customers‘ AI Innovation with Full-Stack AI and Cloud Technologies
Global companies are collaborating with Alibaba Cloud to push the boundaries with AI. Innovative applications across industries including sports, automotive, biopharmaceutical, marketing, and technology have demonstrated the value of AI in driving innovation and growth.
Alibaba Cloud’s Platform for AI (PAI) announced an integration of the full suite of the NVIDIA Physical AI software stack, marking a milestone collaboration in the Physical AI domain. The initiative provides developers with a comprehensive, cloud-native platform to accelerate advancements in humanoid robotics and Physical AI solutions. This collaboration underscores Alibaba Cloud’s commitment to driving innovation in Physical AI, equipping developers with the tools and agility to rapidly advance breakthroughs in humanoid robotics.
In partnership with the International Skating Union (ISU) and ThinkSport, an innovation platform and center of excellence founded by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Alibaba Cloud unveiled Sports Data Hack Challenge, an AI Hackathon targeting European market running from October to December 2025. Building on Alibaba Cloud’s trusted AI and cloud technologies, the program will engage Europe’s sports innovation ecosystem—startups, developers, academia, and industry leaders—to accelerate the adoption of AI and cloud in sports, build product prototypes that address real business challenges, and help transition winning concepts into commercial projects.
AstraZeneca China uses Alibaba Cloud’s LLM Qwen and Model Studio: Exclusive solution to build an adverse event reporting tool in China that can help human reviewers in pharmaceutical companies identify relevant literature and generate detailed reports for adverse drug events, a crucial step in ensuring drug safety. AstraZeneca also harnesses Alibaba Cloud’s AI technologies to create an enterprise intelligent agent and AI-powered chatbot designed to enhance organizational efficiency in China.
Trained on a vast number of medical publications and scientific papers and finetuned with annotated customized dataset, Alibaba Cloud helped AstraZeneca build a proprietary vertical model in the medical field with a more profound insight of the domain. The model can identify key safety information from literature and crafts summaries with an estimated 95% accuracy and improved the whole process efficiency by 300% compared to human analysts.
“Working closely with Alibaba Cloud, we managed to harness the benefits of the Qwen LLM and Model Studio: Exclusive, which vastly improved the efficiency of generating adverse event reports from huge amounts of medical literature. We’re proud that we have pioneered this innovation in the industry. We expect to explore more AI-based innovations with Alibaba Cloud,” said Xin Zhong, Head of Commercial IT, AstraZeneca China.
Shiseido, the globally renowned beauty and cosmetics retailer, has deepened its strategic partnership with Alibaba Cloud to strength its digital infrastructure and operational security in China. Taking advantage of Alibaba Cloud’s cutting-edge Cloud Threat Detection and Response (CTDR) platform, Shiseido harnesses advanced AI to intelligently analyze security alerts in real time. CTDR aggregates fragmented alerts into comprehensive security events, reconstructs complex attack chains, and identifies malicious actors, helping Shiseido to detect and respond to cyber threats with unprecedented speed and accuracy, while optimizing operational costs. In addition, Alibaba Cloud’s Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service provides Shiseido with 24/7 expert-led threat hunting, incident investigation, and rapid response, ensuring uninterrupted business continuity and resilience for the retailer.
“Security is not just a technical requirement but a strategic imperative for our growth in China,” said Jerry LIN, CITO of Shiseido China & Travel Retail at Shiseido China. “Partnering with Alibaba Cloud gives us the confidence to scale our digital transformation securely. Their AI-driven threat detection and expert services allow us to focus on delivering exceptional beauty experiences to our customers, knowing our cloud infrastructure is protected by advanced security measures in the country.”
GladCube, a leading provider of digital marketing services, has partnered with Alibaba Cloud to co-develop cutting-edge AI solutions tailored for Japan’s digital marketing sector. Using Alibaba Cloud’s secure, scalable infrastructure and its world-class AI technologies, GladCube aims to significantly accelerate content development cycles while delivering measurable value to clients across industries.
Integrating Alibaba’s visual generation model, Wan, into GladCube’s vertical video transformation platform, “Dra Vis” will enable rapid, high-quality video production, dramatically boosting both the efficiency and creative potential of marketing teams. Additionally, GladCube will launch “AvaTwin,” Wan-enabled AI avatar services that seamlessly combines digital avatars with AI-generated narration, ideal for corporate communications in scenarios such as earnings announcements, shareholder meetings, and recruitment campaigns.
Hiroki Kaneshima, President & CEO of GladCube, commented: “We have long pursued the dual goals of creative excellence and operational efficiency in content development by harnessing generative AI. Our partnership with Alibaba Cloud represents a major leap forward, and we are confident it will revolutionize creative content production and reshape the future of digital marketing in Japan.”
FLUX, a Tokyo-based AI startup, has developed “FLUX-Japanese-Qwen”, a state-of-the-art Japanese large language model, which is a 32-billion-parameter, open-source model. It delivers exceptional performance across a broad spectrum of Japanese language benchmarks — particularly excelling in Fundamental Analysis, Summarization, and Code Generation — thanks to its robust foundation in Japanese knowledge, reasoning, and language.
A key technological breakthrough behind the model is the unique “Pinpoint-tuning” methodology. Rather than applying conventional fine-tuning across the entire model, which often degrades core reasoning and inference capabilities, the model identifies and targets only the neural circuits specifically responsible for Japanese language processing. This precision enables dramatic improvements in Japanese comprehension and generation while fully preserving the model’s original capabilities. In collaboration with Alibaba Tongyi Lab, FLUX used this method to develop the “FLUX-Japanese-Qwen” and subsequently created its first industry-specialized model for the financial sector.
By applying Pinpoint-tuning to domain-specific Japanese datasets — including financial regulations, business practices, and industry development — this financial sector-specific model is designed to empower financial professionals with reliable, context-aware responses to industry-specific queries, accelerating AI adoption in the sector.
Turbo AI, a leading technology service provider, harnesses Alibaba Cloud’s cutting-edge AI infrastructure to deliver integrated solutions tailored to regional clients’ needs across the entire AI lifecycle—from model research and development to deployment and real-world application. These solutions address a broad spectrum of use cases, ranging from lightweight model operations to large-scale infrastructure management.
“By leveraging Alibaba Cloud’s resilient, secure cloud infrastructure and intelligent resource scheduling, Turbo AI achieves dynamic configuration and elastic scaling of computing resources. This empowers us to significantly enhance operational efficiency and optimize our clients’ cost performance of AI workloads,” said Yuan LU, Big Data Head of Turbo AI.
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About Alibaba Cloud
Established in 2009, Alibaba Cloud (www.alibabacloud.com) is the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group. It offers a complete suite of cloud services to customers worldwide, including elastic computing, database, storage, network virtualization services, large-scale computing, security, big data analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) services. Alibaba has been named the leading IaaS provider in Asia Pacific by revenue in U.S. dollars since 2018, according to Gartner. It has also maintained its position as one of the world’s leading public cloud IaaS service providers since 2018, according to IDC.
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SkinLab The Medical Spa Recognised at the 2026 Singapore Retailers Association Awards (SRA) for Excellence in Beauty and Cosmetics
For SkinLab, this reflects two decades of building a holistic beauty ecosystem spanning medical aesthetics, skin health, and wellness, under Dr Kelvin Chua, Senior Medical Director and Founder of SL Aesthetic Group. Treatments are personally developed by Dr Chua to address different skin concerns, such as acne, pigmentation, sensitivity, rosacea, dryness, and ageing. The medical spa also offers a range of skincare products formulated for Singapore’s humid climate and to support long-term skin health.
With 10 outlets islandwide, SkinLab has cared for more than 100,000 customers through this model of doctor-designed care. As no two skin conditions present the same way, each treatment can be customised to individual needs and preferences.
SkinLab has also been recognised by Harper’s BAZAAR, HerWorld, and Singapore Women’s Weekly for treatments targeting deep hydration, rejuvenation, and complexion correction. Behind these treatment outcomes are medical-grade technologies, including the LDM Triple, a triple-frequency ultrasound that targets multiple skin depths simultaneously; FDA-approved Lumenis M22 IPL system for photorejuvenation and pigmentation; Onda Pro with Coolwaves™ technology for body contouring; and the globally-recognised HydraFacial.
The medical spa continuously invests in technology that improves the customer experience, including using AI-assisted skin analysis to support consultations alongside chatbot-based scheduling to reduce waiting time and streamline appointment bookings.
SkinLab’s commitment to holistic care extends beyond treatment sessions, promoting skin health literacy educational content and workshops with doctors from sister brand SL Aesthetic Clinic.
“This award is a valuable milestone that reflects how far SkinLab The Medical Spa has grown as a brand,” says Dr Chua. “From the very start, our brand was designed with the customer at the centre, and that principle continues to guide every treatment developed and every experience delivered moving forward. The brand remains committed to advancing medical-led facial treatments that address a wide range of skin concerns more effectively.”
Looking ahead, SkinLab The Medical Spa remains committed to advancing its medical-led approach to skin health, continuing to explore and adopt clinically validated technologies to deliver more individualised care while reinforcing its commitment to clinical excellence across all its outlets.
To learn more, visit: www.skinlabmedspa.com
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About SkinLab The Medical Spa
SkinLab The Medical Spa brings together the attentive, understated service of a world-class spa with medically grounded aesthetic science. As the dedicated medical spa brand of SL Aesthetic Group, SkinLab focuses on non-invasive facial treatments for acne, pigmentation, sensitive skin, and overall skin rejuvenation, delivering evidence-based care that supports long-term skin health.
Founded in the 2000s, SL Aesthetic Group is a healthcare and aesthetics group specialising in skin and hair health, women’s wellness, and holistic medicine. Its portfolio includes SL Aesthetic Clinic, a doctor-led medical aesthetics practice; SkinLab The Medical Spa; TrichoLab, a specialist hair and scalp centre; PROLOGUE, a women’s wellness and lifestyle medical clinic; and Euphie Skin Solutions in Malaysia. Across its network of clinics and outlets, the Group offers a comprehensive range of FDA-approved aesthetic and medical treatments, all supervised by trained and certified healthcare professionals holding Certificates of Competency (COC) recognised by the Aesthetic Practice Oversight Committee (APOC).
SkinLab The Medical Spa operates 10 locations across Singapore, including its flagship medical spa at Wheelock Place, while SL Aesthetic Group has a network of more than 20 clinics and outlets across Singapore and Malaysia.
The launch ceremony was attended by Mr. Do Quang Thai, First Secretary of the Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in the Kingdom of Denmark, together with representatives from leading Danish organizations, including 3F, Dansk Erhverv, DPT and Carnegie Investment Bank, alongside strategic partners and industry stakeholders from the transport, technology, energy, finance and infrastructure sectors.
As one of the world’s leading cities in sustainable urban mobility, Copenhagen was chosen as Green SM’s first European market. Here, the company aims to complement the city’s existing transport network by offering another reliable, fully electric mobility option for residents and visitors alike.
In Denmark, the company operates a fully electric fleet of VinFast VF 6 and VF 8 vehicles, serving a wide range of everyday urban travel needs. Unlike many ride-hailing platforms that primarily connect passengers with independent drivers, Green SM directly owns and manages its fleet and oversees driver operations to help ensure consistent service quality and customer experience. During the initial phase of operations, Green SM will focus on establishing a reliable local operation, ensuring full compliance with Danish regulations, and continuously improving its service based on feedback from customers, drivers, and other stakeholders.
Delivering a safe, professional, and consistent customer experience begins with Green SM’s drivers. Before serving customers, every driver completes comprehensive training in road safety, customer service, operating procedures, and electric vehicle operation. Together with ongoing training and a robust local operations system, this helps ensure every journey reflects the high standards Green SM is committed to delivering.
Customers can book rides through the Green SM app, available on the App Store and Google Play. Fares are displayed before each trip is confirmed, and electronic receipts are issued automatically at the end of every journey. To mark its launch in Copenhagen, Green SM is offering new customers five (5) vouchers worth 25% off each trip, up to a maximum discount of 100 DKK per ride throughout the Grand Launch period from July 30 to September 30, 2026.
Richard Nabil Chahine, CEO of Green SM Europe, said: “Cities shape the future of mobility long before companies do. Copenhagen is one of those cities. That is why beginning our European journey here carries special meaning for Green SM. We come with deep respect for the standards already established here, drawing on what we have learned from serving millions of journeys across Asia. Our ambition is simple: to become a trusted mobility partner by delivering safe, professional and fully electric journeys that people can rely on every day. If we earn that trust, growth will naturally follow.”
Green SM’s expansion into Europe reflects the company’s long-term approach to international growth. Rather than prioritising rapid expansion, Green SM focuses on building well-structured local operations, adapting its services to local market needs, and earning trust through consistently reliable service.
With its fully electric fleet and low-emission operating model, Green SM hopes to contribute to Denmark’s long-standing ambitions for more sustainable mobility while providing another practical transport choice for everyday journeys.
Founded in Vietnam in 2023, Green SM currently operates in Vietnam, Laos, Indonesia, the Philippines, India and Kazakhstan. Through its fully electric fleet, technology platform and consistent operating standards, the company is steadily expanding internationally while adapting its services to local market needs.
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The collaboration marks a significant moment for Taiwan’s international media presence, as the completion of Gaudí’s vision draws global attention to one of the world’s most visited cultural landmarks. NHK has documented the construction of the Sagrada Família for decades, building a relationship of trust with the basilica’s team that enabled joint coverage.
TVBS crews filmed in areas rarely accessible to media, including the crypt where Gaudí is buried, architectural workshops, and key structural sections of the basilica. The team conducted interviews with architects and experts involved in the project during preparations for the inauguration ceremony. Construction on the church began in 1882, one year before Gaudí took over as chief architect.
Taiwanese actress Lin Chi-ling joined the reporting team in Barcelona as a cultural ambassador for the project. Lin met with architects and experts to explore the basilica through the perspectives of architecture, aesthetics, and cultural heritage. Her involvement added a cultural dimension to the coverage beyond conventional architectural reporting.
The coverage brought together partners from Taiwan’s technology and financial sectors. HTC, through its VIVE Arts initiative, contributed its immersive experience “Gaudí, the Atelier of the Divine.” The virtual reality program allows audiences to explore Gaudí’s architectural world in new ways, transcending geographical and physical boundaries.
TS Financial Holding Co., Ltd., which has long supported arts and cultural exchange, sponsored the live broadcast. The company cited values of integrity, innovation, and sustainability in joining the project. The cross-sector collaboration extended Taiwan’s cultural advocacy onto the international stage, connecting the 144-year architectural endeavor to audiences in Taiwan and Chinese-speaking communities worldwide.
TVBS integrated AI-powered real-time translation technology throughout the live coverage, facilitating multilingual communication across international production teams. The project showcased Taiwan’s ability to connect industries and communities across borders. TVBS, NHK, HTC, and TS Financial Holding Co., Ltd., together documented a defining milestone in the Sagrada Família’s history.
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