Alibaba bets on AI to fuel cloud growth as it expands globally to catch up with U.S. tech giants

Alibaba on Thursday said it expanded its global cloud computing availability, while the head of the unit’s international arm touted the company’s AI products as a way to fuel growth.

The Chinese technology giant said it has expanded the availability zone of its cloud computing products to Mexico for the first time, and that it will build new data centers in key markets including…