Alibaba and SoftBank have announced a new joint venture targeting Japan’s competitive cloud computing¹ market.

阿里巴巴(Alibaba)和软银(SoftBank)宣布成立一家新的合资公司，瞄准日本竞争激烈的云计算市场。

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.

这两家公司的公告称，名为SB Cloud Corporation的新公司将在日本开设一个新的数据中心，通过这家中国电商企业集团的子公司阿里云(Alibaba Cloud)，提供公共云计算服务。

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 noted³ that Japan “has no current trade barriers that offer preference to domestic cloud providers.”

美国商务部国际贸易局的一份案例研究显示，2016年，日本是全球第二大云计算服务市场。该局指出，尽管那是一个国内公司相互竞争的成熟市场，但日本“目前并不存在偏向于国内云服务供应商的行业壁垒。”

SoftBank is a major shareholder⁴ in Alibaba and will hold a 60 per cent share of the new company.

软银是阿里巴巴的一个大股东，将持有新公司60%的股权。

Sicheng Yu, vice² president at Alibaba Cloud, said: We are proud that Alibaba Cloud can leverage⁵ its cloud computing expertise⁶ in the joint venture with SoftBank. We look forward to helping⁷ more Japanese companies grow their business with our secure, scalable and innovative⁸ cloud computing services.

阿里云副总裁喻思成说：阿里云将在与软银的这家合资企业中运用自己的云计算专业能力，我们对此感到自豪。我们期待着利用我们安全、可扩展和创新的云计算服务，帮助更多日本企业实现业务增长。