Alibaba’s Cloud unit will close data centers in Australia and India.

Alibaba Cloud – also known as Aliyun – this week announced it would be exiting data centers in Sydney and Mumbai later this year.

“As part of Alibaba Cloud’s infrastructure strategy update, following careful assessment, we have decided to cease operations at our data centers in Australia and India while enhancing our investment in the Southeast Asia and Mexico,” the company announced in a notice this week. “We recommend you to migrate your business to Alibaba Cloud region in Singapore or other regions at your earliest opportunity.”

The data centers in India will cease operation after 24:00 (UTC+5:30) on July 15, 2024, and the data centers in Australia will cease operation after 24:00 (UTC+10) on September 30, 2024.

The company said it had notified customers of the move.

Alibaba launched its Sydney cloud region in 2016, which today has two availability zones. The Mumbai region launched in 2018 and also comprises two availability zones.

Alibaba currently operates 89 availability zones in 30 regions globally.

The company announced plans for a Mexican region in May, and said it will also establish additional data centers in existing markets including Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and South Korea in the next three years.

2023 and 2024 saw Alibaba announce and then drop plans to spin out its cloud unit, along with leadership changes and price drops.