Alibaba Cloud has launched its new Edge Node Service in South Africa, an edge cloud platform empowering businesses with high performance, top responsiveness, more secure data compliance and superior connectivity.
Edge Node Service ENS deploys computing, storage and networking capabilities inside ISP data centers, closer to end users. The new node in South Africa answers the strong demand from local businesses for low-latency, localised deployment and secure data processing, especially in industries like e-commerce, gaming, video, finance and manufacturing. For SA businesses, ENS delivers faster global reach, better user experience, reduced cross-border bandwidth costs and compliance-ready cloud innovation.
Alibaba Cloud, which operates in 200 countries, boasts 89 availability zones, and a customer base of more than five million enterprises, is the digital technology and intelligence backbone of the Alibaba Group, a global technology company focused on e-commerce and cloud computing. Alibaba Cloud entered the SA market in 2022, initially through a partnership with local partner BCX. Over the past few years, it has expanded its partner ecosystem, enabling end-to-end cloud adoption. It has supported digital transformation projects in telcos banking, retail, logistics and manufacturing, as well as initiatives in AI, big data analytics and e-commerce.
