Alibaba Cloud has launched its fifth data centre in Japan, expanding its cloud infrastructure footprint in Tokyo.

The new facility follows the launch of Alibaba Cloud’s fourth Japanese data centre in March 2026. The company said the expansion is aimed at meeting demand from customers in sectors including retail, gaming, entertainment, and manufacturing.

The Tokyo facility will provide cloud services including elastic computing, storage, containerisation, networking, security, databases, and developer tools.

Alibaba Cloud said its Japan region now consists of five data centres, supporting higher availability, resilience and business continuity for local customers.

The expansion brings Alibaba Cloud’s global network to 105 availability zones across 32 regions.

Alibaba Cloud has also launched a set of AI-focused database and data analytics services in Japan.

The new services include tools for analytics, data asset management, database operations and data ingestion. Alibaba Cloud said they are designed to support use cases including enterprise data management, multi-cloud database operations and preparation of multimodal data for AI applications.

The portfolio also includes DataWorks Data Agent, an assistant for data warehouse development. Alibaba Cloud said the tool can reduce delivery timelines from days to minutes.

Alibaba Cloud has also made Model Studio, its enterprise AI development platform, available in Japan.

The platform gives businesses and developers access to Alibaba’s Qwen models and third-party large language models for online inferencing, with support for AI agents, text chat, image and video generation and editing, and speech tools.

Alibaba Cloud also said Qwen3.7-Plus is now available in Japan, while its HappyHorse video generation model and Qwen3.5-Omni multimodal model will be added to Model Studio in the country. 

“The launch of our fifth data center in Tokyo, combined with the local availability of Model Studio and access to our latest AI models, marks a significant milestone in our commitment to Japan’s digital future,” said Takeshi Kurita, general manager of Japan and South Korea, Alibaba Cloud.

Japanese enterprises are showing rising demand for agentic AI and Alibaba Cloud aims to support businesses and developers in Japan with cloud infrastructure and AI tools designed for enterprise use, Kurita added.