Tencent Cloud () is a

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service operated by

Tencent Tencent Holdings Ltd. ( zh, s=腾讯, p=Téngxùn) is a Chinese Multinational corporation, multinational technology Conglomerate (company), conglomerate and holding company headquartered in Shenzhen. It is one of the highest grossing multimed ...

, a Chinese multinational technology company. It provides cloud services to domestic and international clients and operates data centers globally. As of Q4 2024, Tencent Cloud held approximately 2% of the global cloud infrastructure service market by revenue, ranking 8th globally, according to Synergy Research Group. In China, it was the third-largest cloud service provider with a 15% market share in Q3 2024, according to Canalys. Tencent Cloud operates 56 availability zones across 21 regions globally. It has nine technical support centers across Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Japan, South Korea, the USA, and Germany.

History

Tencent Cloud was launched in September 2013 as

's cloud computing division.

Global expansion

Beginning in 2016, Tencent Cloud expanded its global footprint by establishing partnerships in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. In 2018, it created Tencent Cloud and Smart Industries Group (CSIG). In 2020, Tencent Cloud partnered with

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to develop GameMatrix, a cloud-based gaming platform. In 2021, Tencent Cloud opened new data centers in

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, and Sao Paulo. By then, it operated data centers in 27 geographic areas across five continents with 66 availability zones. Tencent Cloud was ranked the second-largest cloud service provider in China by IDC in the same year, based on market share and year-on-year growth.

Recent developments

From 2022 onward, Tencent Cloud entered into several regional and technological partnerships, including the Indonesian game streaming service GOX and various

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entities such as Ankr, Avalanche, Scroll, and Sui, and Chainlink Labs. In 2024, it became the cloud server provider for

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and launched Alto Cloud, a data center in Cyberjaya, Malaysia, with Global Resources Management Sdn. Bhd. (GRM). In 2025, Tencent Cloud announced plans for a new cloud region in

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with two availability zones, set to begin operations within the year. That same year, the company closed its South Asia Pacific (Mumbai) Availability Zone.

Data centers

* Mainland China:

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, Qingyuan * Worldwide:

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Services

Tencent Cloud provides over 400 cloud-based services across areas such as compute, storage, networking and databases.

Technical issues

On April 8, 2024, Tencent Cloud experienced disruptions due to irregularities with its cloud programming interface, reportedly affecting at least 1,957 clients.

References

External links

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