- New strategic investment reflects growing demand for cloud service solutions 
across Asia Pacific 

HUAWEI CLOUD, the cloud-computing services of Huawei, unveiled a new region in 
Singapore today, expanding the reach of its full-stack cloud platform and 
Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities across the Asia Pacific region.

HUAWEI CLOUD plans to develop the Singapore region into one of its largest 
regions outside of China. HUAWEI CLOUD's AI capabilities are scheduled to be 
built in the Singapore region. These AI capabilities will implement HUAWEI 
CLOUD's technical solutions and innovations, serving startups and major 
industries in the Asia Pacific, and promoting the development of an affordable, 
effective, reliable, and inclusive AI.

As a leading international financial hub, Singapore is a key services and 
shipping center in Asia, and an important member of both the Association of 
Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). 
It is also a strategic hub for Chinese-funded enterprises expanding overseas 
and for overseas enterprises entering the Asia Pacific.

"HUAWEI CLOUD is proud to strategically invest in Singapore region, expanding 
our presence across Asia Pacific with the support of local and global ICT 
ecosystem partners. We look forward to providing stable, secure, and scalable 
cloud platform for both local as well as Chinese-funded enterprises with 
overseas expansion plans," said Roben Wang, President of HUAWEI CLOUD Asia 
Pacific region. "These cloud services, which offer low latency and high 
cost-efficiency, will leverage the high-performance chips, servers, storage and 
network equipment that Huawei has developed, as well as the high-speed networks 
we have constructed with carriers in Asia Pacific."

Following approvals under Singapore's strict data security certification 
process, Huawei will provide 24/7 technical support and service assurance to 
HUAWEI CLOUD's customers in the government, the Internet, and the financial 
industry, as well as large local enterprises.

"Huawei has established a longstanding presence in the Asia Pacific region and 
has become part of the local ecosystems," said Jeffery Liu, President of HUAWEI 
South Pacific region. "In recent years, many governments in the Asia Pacific 
region have announced their digital transformation strategies. We are ready to 
help local governments and enterprises implement their digital transformation 
strategies through exciting new technologies such as cloud computing and AI. In 
addition, HUAWEI CLOUD will launch a skill training and recruitment plan for 
the Asia Pacific region, providing more employment opportunities and 
professional training programs for talent."

In addition to the Chinese mainland, Europe, and Latin America regions, HUAWEI 
CLOUD had unveiled regions in Hong Kong, Russia, Thailand, and South Africa in 
2018. By the end of 2018, 40 availability zones had been opened in 23 
geographic regions, providing reliable cloud services to users.

In late April 2019, Huawei will host HUAWEI CLOUD SUMMIT 2019 SINGAPORE, under 
the theme of "Grow with Intelligence". At this event, Huawei will discuss the 
development of digital economy with governments, experts, customers, partners, 
universities, and third-party analysts in the Asia Pacific region.

For more information, please visit 
https://activity-intl.huaweicloud.com/SingaporeCloud/index.html.

SOURCE  Huawei Cloud