AI Demand Surges, Hardware Prices Skyrocket, Cloud Providers Raise Prices in Unison

WealthCoffee · 2026-03-19T06:05:20+00:00

Due to the surge in global AI demand and rising supply chain costs, Alibaba Cloud announced that starting April 18, it will raise prices on certain products, with AI computing power increasing by 5% to 34%, and CPFS intelligent computing version increasing by 30%.

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2026-03-19 06:05:20

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【Caixin.com】 The expansion of AI demand combined with significant increases in hardware costs is driving the domestic cloud market into a price hike cycle. On March 18, Alibaba Cloud announced that due to the global surge in AI demand and rising supply chain costs, the procurement costs for core industry hardware have increased significantly. Starting April 18, some products will be subject to price adjustments. Among them, several AI computing power products will see price increases of 5% to 34%, and the Cloud Parallel File Storage (CPFS) for intelligent computing will increase by 30%. According to Alibaba Cloud official documentation, the CPFS intelligent computing version is mainly suitable for AI-generated content (AIGC), autonomous driving, and other intelligent computing scenarios.

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