Near Foundation partners with Alibaba Cloud
The Near Foundation, the nonprofit behind the Near Protocol ecosystem, announced a partnership with Alibaba Cloud. CoinDesk reports that the collaboration with Alibaba Cloud's cloud computing division aims to accelerate Web3 initiatives in Asia and the Middle East. As a result, Near Foundation gains access to Alibaba Cloud's regional developer ecosystem to advance the protocol. The company's infrastructure will allow users to run validator nodes in plug-and-play mode.