Comment by eva1984

1B dollars for cloud business doesn't sound like a lot to me. In order to compete with Amazon/Google/MS they need to build data centers across the globe. And consider that, unlike its competitors whose cloud service benefit from the fact they can share the same underlying infrastructure that have already been set up for the company's businesses(retail/search), Alibaba's major focus and investment is still largely within China, the cost of their expansion will only be higher.