Chinese tech giant Tencent plots Middle East cloud expansion as spending in the region booms

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plans to expand its data center footprint in the Middle East, a top executive at the Chinese tech giant told CNBC, as the company looks to boost its cloud computing business outside China.

Dowson Tong, CEO of Tencent’s cloud group, told CNBC that the company plans to expand the number of “availability zones,” locations designated as sites for potential clusters of data centers, for its cloud services over the next 12 to 18 months, in countries across Asia Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East.

In the Middle East, Tencent is “actively” exploring building data centers there to service cloud customers, Dowson added.

Chinese tech giant Tencent plots Middle East cloud expansion as spending in the region booms

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