阿里與軟銀成立合資公司SB Cloud大綱

Alibaba and SoftBank have announced a new joint venture targeting Japan’s competitive cloud computing market.

阿里巴巴(Alibaba)和軟銀(SoftBank)宣佈成立一家新的合資公司，瞄準日本競爭激烈的雲計算市場。

The new company, SB Cloud Corporation, will open a new data centre in Japan and plans to provide public cloud computing services from the Chinese e-commerce conglomerate’s Alibaba Cloud subsidiary, according to an announcement by the companies.

這兩家公司的公告稱，名爲SB Cloud Corporation的新公司將在日本開設一個新的數據中心，通過這家中國電商企業集團的子公司阿里雲(Alibaba Cloud)，提供公共雲計算服務。

In 2016 Japan ranked second among top markets for global cloud services according to a case study by the US Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration. Despite an established market of local competitors, the administration noted that Japan “has no current trade barriers that offer preference to domestic cloud providers.”

美國商務部國際貿易局的一份案例研究顯示，2016年，日本是全球第二大雲計算服務市場。該局指出，儘管那是一個國內公司相互競爭的成熟市場，但日本“目前並不存在偏向於國內雲服務供應商的行業壁壘。”

SoftBank is a major shareholder in Alibaba and will hold a 60 per cent share of the new company.

軟銀是阿里巴巴的一個大股東，將持有新公司60%的股權。

Sicheng Yu, vice president at Alibaba Cloud, said: We are proud that Alibaba Cloud can leverage its cloud computing expertise in the joint venture with SoftBank. We look forward to helping more Japanese companies grow their business with our secure, scalable and innovative cloud computing services.

阿里雲副總裁喻思成說：阿里雲將在與軟銀的這家合資企業中運用自己的雲計算專業能力，我們對此感到自豪。我們期待着利用我們安全、可擴展和創新的雲計算服務，幫助更多日本企業實現業務增長。