Under its new Alibaba Cloud Partner Rainforest plan, the Hangzhou-based company said it intends to work with 100 ecosystem partners next year to develop and deliver AI and cloud solutions. cutting-edge cloud computing to businesses in various industries across the world.

The move is part of Alibaba Cloud’s broader strategy to increase overseas investments and expand its cloud infrastructure offering in key markets.

“We are committed to helping our global partners jointly reap the benefits of the AI ​​era and meet the diverse business demands of global customers,” said Selina Yuan, president of international business of Alibaba Cloud, during the summit of the company’s partners held in Bali. Indonesia Tuesday.

AI has been a key driver of cloud growth at Alibaba, owner of the South China Morning Post. Alibaba Cloud, which has around 12,000 partners worldwide such as Deloitte and Accenture, increased its revenue 7% year-on-year to 29.6 billion yuan ($4.1 billion) in the September quarter, marking the unit’s fastest quarterly growth in two years.