Demand for Huawei Cloud is growing fast in Latin America and the Caribbean, executives say

• Senior company executives said solutions have been launched for e-commerce, FinTech, media and entertainment, and online education.

[25 May 2023] Demand for Huawei’s cloud service has been growing rapidly in Latin America and the Caribbean, making it one of the region’s top four cloud service providers, senior company executives said on Thursday.

Speaking to journalists from Latin America and the Caribbean at an online press conference, the executives said the Huawei Cloud business grew by more than 50 per cent in 2022, thanks to its approach of continuous innovation and offering everything as a service.

“In Latin America, Huawei Cloud has three main regions and the largest number of AZs (availability zones). In the second half of this year, we will launch new AZs in Brazil, Mexico and Chile. By then, Huawei Cloud will have 11 AZs in Latin America,” said Fernando Liu, President of Huawei Cloud Latin America.

The press conference took place during COMPASS, an event organised by Huawei Cloud Latin America in China so that guests from the region could interact more closely with people from China’s IT industry.

Huawei Cloud now has around 1,400 local partners and 5,000 customers in the region. Senior executives said the unique value of Huawei Cloud is that it is “accessible, innovative, reliable and global”. KooVerse, its unified global infrastructure, allows customers worldwide to access services on Huawei Cloud in just 50 ms.

Huawei Cloud has launched industry-tailored solutions for e-commerce, FinTech, media and entertainment, and online education. These solutions are expected to bring new experiences, efficiency and models to customers in the region, says Liu.

William Dong, Chief Marketing Officer of Huawei Cloud, says Huawei Cloud is also strong in cloud-native capabilities. As an advocate and pioneer of cloud-native technologies, Huawei Cloud held a special event for the Latin American chapter of Cloud Native Elite Club (CNEC) during the COMPASS summit.

“Cloud native will be the new oil driving the local digital economy. More and more companies will build and scale their services on the cloud. Through Cloud Native Elite Club (CNEC), Huawei Cloud will partner with industry organisations such as CNCF to introduce Latin American companies to the latest technologies, best practices and industry trends, with the aim of enabling more cloud-native start-ups,” said Dong.

Keith Chan, Regional Director of CNCF, shared his insights into the cloud-native industry, and technical professionals from China and Latin America held in-depth exchanges about their own practices. As a global technical community for cloud natives, CNEC is expected to bring new momentum to cloud-native development in Latin America.

The COMPASS summit also brings together more than 200 stakeholders at industry round tables and workshops on the themes “Consumer and IT Services All on Cloud” and “Huawei Cloud SRE”, focusing on how companies in the region can use cloud technologies to accelerate digital development and innovation.

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