Amazon's cloud unit expanding with Ningxia partner

BEIJING - US-based global e-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc announced on Tuesday a strategic partnership with a local cloud service provider in the Ningxia Hui autonomous region of northwestern China, seeking to expand and better tap into the country's emerging cloud computing market.

The company said Amazon Web Services Inc has signed up with Ningxia Western Cloud Data Technology Co Ltd to offer customer services, marking AWS' second region in China outside of Beijing.

"AWS has formed a strategic technology partnership with NWCD, which operates and provides services from the AWS China (Ningxia) Region, in full compliance with Chinese regulations," Amazon said in a statement.