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Alibaba’s cloud computing branch announced on April 20 it would invest 200 billion yuan ($28 billion) in the research and development of core technologies such as cloud operating system, servers, chips and networks within three years.

Alibaba Cloud Computing Co. Ltd. said the investment would expand the scale of Aliyun’s data centers and servers.

Zhang Jianfeng, President of Alibaba Cloud Intelligence, said that cloud intelligence is one of Alibaba’s core strategies and will not be affected by the impact of the novel coronavirus.

He said the company has been committed to data center construction for 11 years and boasts over 100 cloud data centers in 21 regions around the world.

Alibaba will utilize its latest technology research achievements in building the next-generation data centers.

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