S&P Global Partners with Alibaba Cloud to Accelerate AI Innovation in China with First Local Access to AI-Ready Commodity Data

• S&P Global’s AI-Ready Data is now available on Alibaba Cloud OSS in China for the first time.

• Local hosting removes data retrieval barriers for customers in China.

• Coverage spans energy, power & gas, metals, chemicals, agriculture, shipping, supply chain, carbon, and more.

BEIJING, CHINA – S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI) announced its partnership with Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, to make S&P Global Commodity Insights’ AI-Ready Data available inside China for the first time. Beginning August 31, customers in China can more directly access commodity datasets covering energy, metals, chemicals, and agriculture through Alibaba Cloud’s Object Storage Service (OSS).

By hosting AI-Ready Data locally on Alibaba Cloud OSS, S&P Global removes long-standing barriers for its customers in China. Customers can now access secure, structured datasets and use them immediately without complex preparation or custom integrations. The data feeds directly into Alibaba Cloud’s analytics services and AI engines, including the Qwen large language model. This enables faster insights, stronger data integrity under compliance controls, and a ready-made solution for embedding world-class market intelligence into AI strategies.

“This partnership with Alibaba Cloud marks an important milestone in our AI-Ready Data strategy. By bringing our commodity datasets directly into China, we are enabling local customers to access trusted, AI-ready intelligence with the speed, compliance, and scale they need. It reinforces S&P Global’s commitment to powering smarter decisions in one of the world’s most dynamic markets.”
— Mark Eramo, Co-President, S&P Global Commodity Insights

“In today’s data-driven world, organizations face growing challenges in managing vast volumes of information while maintaining security and regulatory compliance. This strategic partnership addresses these needs by offering Alibaba Cloud’s solution that simplifies data management, and S&P’s high-quality, curated datasets optimized for analytics and AI workloads. Together, we are paving the way for a new era of AI-driven, cloud-powered decision-making in China’s enterprise ecosystem.”
— Alex Chen, Head of Product, Compute and Storage at Alibaba Cloud Intelligence.

This initiative advances S&P Global's multi-cloud strategy through its recently established Enterprise Data Organization, expanding the reach of its Al-ready data and meeting customers on their platforms of choice. By building on strategic partnerships with industry leaders-including Anthropic, Microsoft, and Google Cloud, S&P Global is powering Al transformation across sectors and enabling organizations to embed trusted insights into their Al ecosystems.

For market analysts, traders, data leaders, and AI teams, the partnership delivers simplified workflows, faster AI integration, and reliable insights across commodity markets all delivered through secure, compliant access that accelerates analytics, innovation, and smarter decision-making.

About S&P Global Commodity Insights

At S&P Global Commodity Insights, our complete view of global energy and commodity markets enables our customers to make decisions with conviction and create long-term, sustainable value.

We’re a trusted connector that brings together thought leaders, market participants, governments, and regulators and we create solutions that lead to progress. Vital to navigating commodity markets, our coverage includes oil and gas, power, chemicals, metals, agriculture, shipping and energy transition. Platts® products and services, including leading benchmark price assessments in the physical commodity markets, are offered through S&P Global Commodity Insights. S&P Global Commodity Insights maintains clear structural and operational separation between its price assessment activities and the other activities carried out by S&P Global Commodity Insights and the other business divisions of S&P Global.

S&P Global Commodity Insights is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global is the world’s foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workﬂow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world’s leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today. For more information visit https://www.spglobal.com/commodityinsights

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