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Alibaba Cloud will raise prices across dozens of services, with GPU instances up to 34 percent and accelerators up to 30 percent, citing rising hardware costs and booming AI demand; existing orders placed before April 18 2026 keep current pricing until renewal.

Alibaba Cloud announced price increases of up to 34 percent in a notice posted Wednesday.
Many services will rise about 5 percent while higher-end GPU instances will increase 25 to 34 percent.
Accelerator costs will rise 5 to 30 percent, including Alibaba’s Pingtouge Zhenwu 810E ASIC, and software-backed instances like PolarDB are affected.
Customers who purchased services before April 18 2026 keep current pricing until their next renewal cycle.
Alibaba blamed surging global AI demand and higher hardware procurement costs for the adjustment.
The hike follows earlier capacity shortages and GPU rationing at Alibaba Cloud and comes after recent price increases by other hyperscalers for ML resources.

Alibaba Cloud hikes prices up to 34% citing AI demand and hardware costs

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