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Alibaba Cloud opens its first cloud region in France

Alibaba Cloud launched two availability zones in France, its third European hub after Germany and the UK, expanding its global footprint to 105 zones without disclosing investment or capacity figures.

Verified Alibaba Cloud press release via Media OutReach Newswire, 17 June 2026

What it does not test. Does not show whether the underlying data centres are Alibaba-owned rather than leased colocation capacity.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. Non-EU owner (Alibaba) under PRC law; hosting a region alone doesn't shift own/law. European Sovereignty Index

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