"Due to the surge in global AI demand and rising supply chain costs, the procurement costs of core hardware in the industry have increased significantly. After careful evaluation, we have decided to adjust the prices of services."
"The cost of higher-end instances powered by GPUs will rise by 25 to 34 percent. Even instances running Alibaba's own software, like the PolarDB cloud-native database, cop the price rise. The cost of using accelerators in the Chinese cloud will rise by five to 30 percent."
"Customers who purchased relevant services before April 18 2026, will not be affected by this adjustment in your current order/billing cycle; the new price will apply at the start of your next renewal cycle."
Alibaba Cloud announced significant price increases across multiple services, with standard services rising five percent and GPU-powered instances increasing 25 to 34 percent. The company attributes these hikes to surging global AI demand and elevated supply chain costs affecting hardware procurement. The price adjustments apply to dozens of services including higher-end instances, accelerators, and Alibaba's proprietary offerings like PolarDB and Pingtouge Zhenwu 810E. Existing customers with subscriptions before April 18, 2026 remain unaffected until their renewal cycles. While hardware cost increases justify some price adjustments, the compute price hikes appear opportunistic given Alibaba Cloud previously claimed superior resource optimization and had rationed GPU access due to overwhelming demand.
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