Alibaba unit plans to set up more data centers in US, Europe and Asia

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's cloud computing unit said on Wednesday it will soon open a second data center in the United States, highlighting the company's efforts to expand abroad.

Li Jin, senior product director of Aliyun Cloud Computing, said at a news conference in Beijing that the company will launch the new US center within several months, as part of the company's broad plan to be a global cloud service provider.

Li did not give details of the new center, but added that the company will set up more data centers in Singapore, Europe and Japan within a year.