Alibaba Cloud launches first cloud region in Brazil with two data centers

Alibaba Cloud, the Alibaba Group's global AI infrastructure provider, has officially launched its first cloud region in Brazil, comprising two data centers. The move marks the company's entry into South America and represents a significant step in its Latin American expansion strategy.

The new region provides businesses, startups, developers, and public institutions with access to a comprehensive portfolio of cloud services hosted on local infrastructure. This setup is designed to support mission-critical workloads that demand low latency, resilience, and strict data governance. The company has also signaled its intention to introduce enterprise-grade, agent-based AI services within the region, further strengthening its offering for local enterprises.

This launch is Alibaba Cloud's first in South America and follows the inauguration of its Mexico region in February 2025. With the addition of Brazil, the company now operates 106 availability zones across 31 regions worldwide, backed by a global investment of $53 billion (275.4 billion reais) in artificial intelligence infrastructure. The scale of this investment underscores Alibaba Cloud's commitment to expanding its footprint in high-growth digital markets.

Allen Guo, general manager of the Latin America Region and vice president of International Business at Alibaba Cloud Intelligence, emphasized Brazil's status as one of the world's most dynamic digital economies and a key market for the company's regional growth. According to Guo, the combination of local infrastructure, a robust AI and cloud portfolio, and a growing partner ecosystem aims to help Brazilian companies build cloud and AI capabilities while connecting them to Alibaba Cloud's global network.

The new cloud region offers a wide range of services, including computing, storage, networking, databases, big data, and cloud-native solutions. These offerings are designed to enable local customers to achieve greater availability, stability, and disaster recovery, while ensuring compliance with local cybersecurity and data governance regulations. To address growing AI demand, Alibaba Cloud plans to launch a suite of enterprise agent services in Brazil, including ACS Agent Sandbox, DAS Agent, Data Agent for Analytics, Meta Agent, DataWorks Data Agent, STAROps, NAPal, Agent Security Center, AI Security Guardrails 2.0, and Agentic SOC. These tools are intended for the development, operation, and protection of AI agents at scale.

Alibaba Cloud has also forged local partnerships to bolster its ecosystem in Brazil. Insi, a Brazilian provider of technology solutions, will leverage Alibaba's cloud and AI portfolio to deliver customized offerings to corporate clients. Roberto Certo, chief revenue officer at Insi, noted that the new local region enables the company to serve businesses undergoing modernization with the necessary performance, security, and data residency. Meanwhile, 4Linux, a Brazilian firm specializing in open source and IT services, will combine Alibaba Cloud's Qwen models with its expertise in deployment and training to bring generative AI solutions to companies across the country. Marcelo Marques, co-founder of 4Linux, stated that the partnership offers customers a reliable foundation for building and scaling AI solutions, supported by Alibaba Cloud's technological leadership and commitment to its partners.

The announcement arrives amid Alibaba's recent advances in open-source models, such as Qwen3.8-Flash and Qwen3.8-27B, as well as the release of open model weights for Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B, the most powerful model in the Qwen line to date. The Brazil launch continues Alibaba Cloud's regional expansion, which already includes operations in Mexico, France, Japan, South Korea, and Malaysia, positioning the company to capture growing demand for cloud and AI services across Latin America and beyond.