13 April 2021, 4:46 am EDT By Tencent Holdings joins Google and Microsoft in the global cloud services race to cater to the surging demand for online services, the Business Times reports on Apr. 12. The move is part of the Chinese tech giant's plan to add 30 to 50 percent more data centers in the Asian region by the end of 2021. Tencent Cloud's newly launched data center brings the company's infrastructure network reach up to 27 regions and 61 availability zones. Tencent Position in Asia's Digital Economy Boom Tencent, the Shenzhen-based tech company, had begun expanding outside of China three years ago in a bid to tap the growing global demand for cloud services.