Turkey: Alibaba plans expansion near Turkish capital of Ankara

Alibaba has announced that it is planning a data center near the Turkish capital Ankara. According to reports, the facility is part of a more than $1 billion investment in the country, which includes the development of a logistics hub at Istanbul Airport alongside the data center outside Ankara in Temelli.

In a statement, while visiting Turkuvaz Media Group in Istanbul, Alibaba President Michael Evan said: “There is a great production power in Türkiye, which is the most advantageous country in the world in this sense.”

Further details about the data center specifications are yet to be shared.