Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings will invest 500 billion yuan (US$70 billion) over the next five years in technology infrastructure including ...
HONG KONG: Chinese tech giant Tencent will invest 500 billion yuan over the next five years in technology infrastructure including cloud computing, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, the company said Tuesday .
The announcement comes after call by Beijing last month for a tech-driven structural upgrade of the world's second-largest economy through investment in"new infrastructure" and a boom in demand for business software and cloud services.
Tencent is best-known for its WeChat messaging app and a range of popular games but is aiming to expand into business services as consumer internet growth slows and companies shift number-crunching from their own computers to the cloud.Tencent has said while cloud businesses suffered amid the COVID-19 outbreak it expected to see accelerated cloud services and enterprise software adoption from offline industries and public sectors over the longer term.
Tencent Cloud had 18 per cent of China's cloud market in the fourth quarter, trailing Alibaba which commanded 46.4 per cent, according to research firm Canalys. Alibaba said last month it would invest 200 billion yuan in its cloud infrastructure over three years.
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