Tencent accelerates its global cloud service expansion, emphasizing its "globalization is localization" strategy.
On April 18, Li Qiang, Vice President of Tencent Group and President of Government and Enterprise Business, announced at the 2025 Tencent Global Digital Ecosystem Summit in Chengdu that the company plans to invest USD 150 million (CNY 1.094 billion) in Saudi Arabia to build the first Middle East data center, and USD 500 million to build a third data center in Indonesia.
Li stressed that "the essence of globalization is localization." Beyond supporting Chinese enterprises going global, Tencent Cloud has increasingly served local clients in regions like Southeast Asia, the Middle East, South America, and Latin America. He noted that evolving trade policies have heightened demands for security, compliance, and localized service capabilities. "As such, we will continue expanding our global infrastructure and partner ecosystem, actively recruiting local and regional collaborators to unlock new opportunities," he added.
Over the past three years, Tencent Cloud’s international business has maintained double-digit growth, serving over 10,000 overseas clients across more than 80 countries and regions. Among them, revenue in the Asia-Pacific region has grown by more than 50% year-on-year, and revenue in emerging markets such as the Middle East has grown at a high rate. Tencent Cloud has continued to build more than 40 successful cases of Fortune 500 overseas companies entering China, including AstraZeneca, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, BMW, and Walmart China.
On April 16, Tencent Cloud officially announced that it would “settle” in Osaka to build its third availability zone in Japan, which together with the two existing availability zones in Tokyo will form Tencent Cloud's service network of 56 availability zones covering 21 geographic regions around the world. In addition, Tencent will simultaneously set up a new office in Osaka to further expand its business layout in Japan.