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20 Dec 2025, 19:37
Cloudflare and JD Cloud Expand Partnership to Build Global AI Inference Platform
Cloudflare and JD Cloud announced an expanded strategic partnership aimed at accelerating the global deployment and scaling of AI inference workloads for developers. The collaboration is expected to reduce latency for AI inference workloads by up to 80 percent, creating a high-performance, globally distributed AI cloud environment.
Under the expanded partnership, Cloudflare’s global connectivity platform will integrate more deeply with JD Cloud’s infrastructure, enabling seamless routing of AI inference traffic. Developers will be able to deploy applications globally while automatically serving users in China through JD Cloud-operated local data centers, with the rest of the world served from Cloudflare’s nearest locations. This setup requires no code changes and is designed to deliver faster performance, stronger security, and simplified global operations.
The companies said the partnership responds to rising demand for geographically distributed AI inference as AI-driven applications continue to scale worldwide. The combined platform also strengthens security and reliability through Cloudflare’s services, including DDoS protection, web application firewall capabilities, and global content delivery.
Cloudflare stated that the collaboration helps connect global developers to the China market and enables Chinese developers to reach international users more efficiently, lowering technical and regulatory barriers for cross-border AI deployment.
Source: Cloudflare press release, Business Wire
Cloudflare and JD Cloud announced an expanded strategic partnership aimed at accelerating the global deployment and scaling of AI inference workloads for developers. The collaboration is expected to reduce latency for AI inference workloads by up to 80 percent, creating a high-performance, globally distributed AI cloud environment.
Under the expanded partnership, Cloudflare’s global connectivity platform will integrate more deeply with JD Cloud’s infrastructure, enabling seamless routing of AI inference traffic. Developers will be able to deploy applications globally while automatically serving users in China through JD Cloud-operated local data centers, with the rest of the world served from Cloudflare’s nearest locations. This setup requires no code changes and is designed to deliver faster performance, stronger security, and simplified global operations.
The companies said the partnership responds to rising demand for geographically distributed AI inference as AI-driven applications continue to scale worldwide. The combined platform also strengthens security and reliability through Cloudflare’s services, including DDoS protection, web application firewall capabilities, and global content delivery.
Cloudflare stated that the collaboration helps connect global developers to the China market and enables Chinese developers to reach international users more efficiently, lowering technical and regulatory barriers for cross-border AI deployment.
Source: Cloudflare press release, Business Wire