{"id":7475,"date":"2025-10-30T08:00:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T08:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=7475"},"modified":"2025-10-30T08:00:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T08:00:51","slug":"romanias-marketplace-emag-trusts-chinas-tencent-for-cloud-hosting-ai-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=7475","title":{"rendered":"Romania&#8217;s marketplace eMAG trusts China&#8217;s Tencent for cloud hosting, AI services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Romania&#8217;s e-commerce platform eMAG will use the cloud hosting and AI services provided by Tencent Cloud, the cloud division of the Chinese group and the world&#8217;s largest gaming company Tencent, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.profit.ro\/povesti-cu-profit\/retail\/ultima-ora-emag-semneaza-cu-gigantul-chinez-tencent-pentru-servicii-de-cloud-si-ai-22217945?mc_cid=f7da3b8f36&amp;mc_eid=cd1f92f96c\" target=\"_blank\">Profit.ro<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The partnership is aimed &#8220;to provide smooth and highly available online services, maintain the highest standards of customer data protection, and rapidly scale infrastructure to meet seasonal demand and business growth,&#8221; the companies said in a joint press release.<\/p>\n<p>Tencent is a publicly traded company owned by shareholders, including Naspers (majority owner of eMAG) as the largest one with a 23% stake, China Asset Management, Fidelity Management, and Ramirez Asset Management.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The US Department of Defense (DOD) in January 2025 designated Chinese tech conglomerate Tencent Holdings as one of the companies it says are linked to China&#8217;s military.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By combining Tencent Cloud&#8217;s global cloud infrastructure and AI capabilities with eMAG&#8217;s market insights and leadership, the collaboration aims to provide millions of consumers and merchants with the best-in-class services, enhanced security, and new growth opportunities. Looking ahead, we will continue to explore new innovations that will shape the future of the digital economy in the region,&#8221; said Poshu Yeung, Senior Vice President of Tencent Cloud and General Manager of Tencent Cloud International.<\/p>\n<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/peterw100_info\">Peter Williams<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/stock-photos\">Dreamstime.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romania&#8217;s e-commerce platform eMAG will use the cloud hosting and AI services provided by Tencent Cloud, the cloud division of the Chinese group and the world&#8217;s largest gaming company Tencent, Profit.ro reported. The partnership is aimed &#8220;to provide smooth and highly available online services, maintain the highest standards of customer data protection, and rapidly scale [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7475\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}