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Alibaba plans to open its first European data centre in Frankfurt

The Chinese ecommerce giant also has plans to open centres in Dubai, Australia and Japan and will use its expansion in the cloud to target Chinese companies building operations abroad. Alibaba is partnering with Vodafone Germany for the Frankfurt site.

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