Alibaba Cloud has launched its first public cloud region in the Netherlands, establishing two data centers in Amsterdam to support growing European demand for cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) services.
Announced at the company’s first International Apsara Conference in Amsterdam, the new region provides businesses with localized cloud infrastructure designed to improve service performance, reduce latency, strengthen disaster recovery, and meet data residency requirements.
The Amsterdam region offers a range of cloud services covering elastic computing, storage, networking, databases, container services, big data, security, and cloud-native technologies.
Alibaba Cloud also plans to introduce several agentic AI services in the region to help enterprises develop, deploy, and manage AI agents securely. These include ACS Agent Sandbox for hardware-level security isolation, Agent Security Center, AI Security Guardrails 2.0, Agentic SOC for AI-driven security operations, and STAROps for intelligent IT operations.
The company also unveiled the latest generation of Apsara Stack, its hybrid cloud solution designed for enterprise and public-sector AI workloads. Offering more than 80 cloud and AI products, the platform combines on-premises infrastructure with public cloud capabilities. Its AI-driven operations and maintenance features have achieved 92.5% operational accuracy and a 70% automation rate.
Several European technology companies are also collaborating with Alibaba Cloud to integrate its Qwen AI models and cloud technologies into their platforms. These include JetBrains, orq.ai, Monks, Magnific, and Idea.ai, covering applications in software development, generative AI, digital marketing, and creative content production.
According to Alibaba Cloud, the Netherlands expansion is part of its previously announced US$53 billion investment in AI and cloud infrastructure. The company’s global network now covers 109 availability zones across 32 regions, with the Netherlands becoming its fourth European cloud region alongside Germany, the United Kingdom, and France.
Alibaba Cloud also plans to establish its first cloud regions in Finland and expand its data center presence in Germany and France over the next 12 months.
The expansion strengthens Alibaba Cloud’s European infrastructure as enterprises increasingly adopt AI applications and require secure, scalable, and locally hosted computing resources.
