Partnership projected to reduce latency for AI inference workloads by up to 80 percent, establishing a truly global, high-performance AI Cloud for the developer community.
Dubai, UAE – January 12, 2026 – Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET), the leading connectivity cloud company, and JD Cloud, an intelligent technology service provider and affiliate of JD.com, today announced plans for a significant expansion of their partnership aimed at creating a global platform that empowers developers to deploy, manage, and scale AI inference workloads seamlessly.
The rapid growth of AI-driven applications over the past three years has created unprecedented demand for geographically distributed inference capabilities. This expanded partnership will enable Cloudflare and JD Cloud to deliver a cohesive networking experience, projected to reduce latency for AI inference workloads by up to 80 percent.
The result is a truly global, high-performance AI Cloud that seamlessly connects global developers to the China market and Chinese developers to the rest of the world.
“The future of AI depends on a truly global network that can keep up. Our partnership with JD Cloud makes that possible, giving developers a simple, reliable way to build and run AI applications seamlessly across the world,” said Matthew Prince, Co-founder and CEO of Cloudflare. “By minimizing the technical and logistical hurdles for AI developers, we are providing the essential tools for businesses to succeed in a competitive international landscape.”
This latest expansion builds on the strong foundation the two companies have established over the past five years. The integration of Cloudflare’s intelligent global platform with JD Cloud’s robust infrastructure already delivers a unified experience, allowing customers to activate their presence in China with just a few clicks, without changing a single line of code.
Once enabled, traffic from users in China is automatically routed to local data centers operated by JD Cloud, while all other traffic is served from the nearest Cloudflare location worldwide. This seamless setup ensures a secure, fast, and reliable experience, reducing latency and strengthening performance through Cloudflare’s comprehensive security services, including its cloud-based Web Application Firewall (WAF), advanced Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) mitigation, and global Content Delivery Network (CDN).
JD Cloud said that Cloudflare’s mission closely aligns with its own commitment to delivering premier services to partners and customers. By leveraging JD.com’s extensive experience across diverse business scenarios, along with advanced technological and logistical capabilities, the partnership enables JD Cloud to continue delivering market-leading services for users and enterprises.
– Ends –
Photo Caption: Matthew Prince, Co-founder and CEO, Cloudflare
About Cloudflare
Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET) is the leading connectivity cloud company on a mission to help build a better Internet. It empowers organizations to make their employees, applications, and networks faster and more secure everywhere, while reducing complexity and cost.
Cloudflare’s connectivity cloud delivers a unified platform of cloud-native products and developer tools, enabling organizations to gain the control they need to work, develop, and accelerate their business.
Powered by one of the world’s largest and most interconnected networks, Cloudflare blocks billions of threats online every day. It is trusted by millions of organizations, from global brands and governments to small businesses, nonprofits, and humanitarian groups.
Learn more at cloudflare.com/connectivity-cloud
Explore Internet trends at https://radar.cloudflare.com
Follow Cloudflare: Blog | X | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram
