What Kingsoft Cloud does

Kingsoft Cloud is a Beijing-headquartered, publicly listed (NASDAQ: KC; HKEX) cloud infrastructure provider founded in 2012, offering a comprehensive IaaS/PaaS portfolio spanning elastic compute (KEC, EPC bare-metal, GEC/GEPC GPU compute), storage (KS3 object storage, EBS), managed databases (KRDS, Redis, Elasticsearch, TiDB), networking (VPC, SLB, CDN, NAT), container services (KCE, KCI), and security (KAD, WAF, KHS). The platform serves enterprise and internet customers across verticals including internet/media, video streaming, gaming, manufacturing/autonomous driving, and healthcare, with marquee clients such as Xiaomi, WPS Office, Kuaishou, Bilibili, Douyin, Geely, and Great Wall Motor.

The company generates revenue primarily through usage-based public cloud billing (compute, storage, CDN) and subscription/enterprise cloud solutions, with AI-related services (Xing Rui LLM, Hanhai model platform, GPU compute) now exceeding 50% of public cloud revenue and growing 90%+ year-over-year. Go-to-market is enterprise field-sales-led with direct engagement for large accounts and self-service online purchasing for smaller workloads, complemented by an APAC regional headquarters in Singapore and a US sales office in Diamond Bar, CA. Kingsoft Cloud has reported eight consecutive quarters of year-over-year revenue growth, Q1 2026 revenue of RMB2,703.7M (+37.2% YoY), an adjusted EBITDA margin of 27.6%, and is investing heavily in AI infrastructure (RMB3 billion Q1 2026 capex) anchored by a deepening strategic partnership with Xiaomi that is expected to generate RMB10 billion of revenue in 2026.

Name

Kingsoft Cloud

Legal name

Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Limited

Website

https://en.ksyun.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Kingsoft Cloud is a Beijing-headquartered, NASDAQ- and HKEX-listed cloud infrastructure provider (founded 2012) offering compute, storage, networking, database, and AI services to enterprise and internet customers across China, with AI now exceeding 50% of public cloud revenue.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cloud Infrastructure Services

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (51821)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Private Cloud Platforms (On‑Prem Cloud Stacks) (HDABABAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cloud Gaming Infrastructure & GPU Cloud Providers (IaaS/PaaS for gaming) (MPAFAHAC), Cloud Data Warehouses (HDAEABAA), Cloud Gaming Integration & Porting Services (Cloud builds, compatibility, QA) (MPAFAHAJ)

Keywords

• Cloud infrastructure services
• Public cloud platform
• AI cloud computing
• GPU compute services
• Enterprise cloud solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Beijing

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Public Cloud Services: Public cloud infrastructure and services including compute, storage, networking; grew 90% YoY with AI business now over 50% of public cloud revenue
2. Enterprise Cloud Solutions: Customized cloud solutions for enterprise customers including AI integration and industry-specific deployments
3. AI Business Gross Billing: AI-related services revenue including GPU compute and AI model services; grew 95% YoY in Q4 2025 to RMB926 million

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Kingsoft Cloud sells a comprehensive public cloud infrastructure platform to enterprises and developers, providing elastic compute (virtual, bare metal, and GPU-accelerated servers), distributed storage (object, block), managed databases (relational, Redis, Elasticsearch, TiDB), networking services (VPC, CDN, load balancing), big data analytics, security (DDoS protection, WAF, host security), and AI services including the proprietary Xing Rui large language model and Hanhai training/inference platform. The offerings target Chinese internet platforms, video/media companies, gaming firms, and enterprise customers with pay-as-you-go, subscription, and custom enterprise pricing models.

Product overview

Kingsoft Cloud is a leading cloud service provider in China offering a comprehensive cloud computing platform with infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) solutions. The product portfolio centers on compute services (KEC, EPC, GPU instances), storage services (KS3, EBS), database services (KRDS, Redis, Elasticsearch), and networking (VPC, SLB, CDN, NAT, Peering). The company provides container orchestration through KCE (Kubernetes-based) and serverless containers via KCI, alongside AI capabilities including the Xing Rui Large Language Model, Qing Zhou knowledge assistant, and Hanhai model training platform. Security offerings include KAD (DDoS protection), WAF, and Host Security. Big data analytics are supported through KMR (Hadoop/Spark) and media processing via KMCT transcoding service. All products integrate within the Kingsoft Cloud ecosystem with unified API access through the developer documentation portal.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Kingsoft Cloud Elastic Compute (KEC) Fundamental cloud computing infrastructure providing flexible and scalable processing capacity for deploying server environments, offering 99.95% availability and integrated security features including DDoS protection and host security for enterprises and developers.
• Elastic Physical Compute (EPC) Exclusive bare metal server service providing secure, stable, high-performance computing with zero virtualization overhead. Powered by 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors and suitable for gaming, live streaming, and big data scenarios for enterprise customers.
• GPU Elastic Compute (GEC) GPU-accelerated elastic computing service for scientific computing, AI deep learning, and image rendering. Features Tesla V100 and T4 GPUs with up to 300% performance improvement for deep learning training and inference workloads.
• GPU Elastic Physical Compute (GEPC) Exclusive GPU-accelerated bare metal servers for AI deep learning, scientific computing, graphics rendering, and video encoding, featuring up to 120 TFLOPS single-precision performance with 100 Gbit/s RoCE v2 networking per instance.
• Kingsoft Cloud Standard Storage Service (KS3) Highly secure distributed object storage service providing massive, low-cost storage with 99.999999999% data durability. Supports Standard, Infrequent Access, and Archive storage classes with built-in image processing capabilities for enterprise and developer use.
• Elastic Block Storage (EBS) Block-level data storage service for KEC instances with up to 32 TB capacity, supporting SSD and EHDD volume types with 99.9999999% data reliability and snapshot backup capabilities for enterprise workloads.
• Kingsoft Cloud Relational Database Service (KRDS) Stable, reliable, scalable online database service supporting MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server with dual-node hot standby, automatic failover, and comprehensive backup restoration capabilities for application developers and enterprise IT teams.
• Kingsoft Cloud MapReduce (KMR) Managed big data analysis service based on Hadoop and Spark architectures enabling quick cluster creation and massive data processing with end-to-end solutions integrating KS3 and KRDS for data analytics customers.
• Kingsoft Cloud Elasticsearch Service (KES) Fully managed Elasticsearch service with Kibana integration providing near-real-time search, storage, and analysis for log analysis, exception monitoring, and enterprise search with hot/cold data separation capabilities.
• Kingsoft Media Cloud Transcoder (KMCT) Distributed multimedia transcoding service using deep learning-based video quality evaluation with self-developed KSC265 codec supporting H.264 and H.265 encoding for live and VOD transcoding workloads for video platforms and broadcasters.
• Kingsoft Cloud Content Delivery Network (CDN) Distributed edge node network covering global operators resolving Internet congestion and improving response speeds for static and live streaming content delivery with intelligent scheduling capabilities for internet and media platforms.
• Server Load Balancing (SLB) Network traffic distribution service distributing traffic across multiple cloud servers using Layer 4 (TCP/UDP) and Layer 7 (HTTP/HTTPS) forwarding with health checks and session persistence for high-availability application deployments.
• Elastic IP (EIP) Public IP address service allowing binding to KEC, EPC, or SLB instances with decoupled IP and bandwidth pooling supporting up to 15 Gbit/s bandwidth and multiple billing modes for enterprise customers.
• Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Fully logically isolated network providing complete network control with software-defined networking, security groups, ACLs, and hybrid cloud connectivity via VPN or Direct Connect for enterprise deployments.
• Network Address Translation (NAT) Gateway service enabling VPC cloud servers to access Internet with multi-node hot standby, automatic failover, up to 15 Gbit/s bandwidth per IP, and 100 million concurrent connections support for high-traffic workloads.
• Kingsoft Cloud Container Engine (KCE) Kubernetes-based container management service providing highly reliable, scalable container orchestration with enterprise Docker registry, rolling upgrades, and service discovery for enterprise and developer customers.
• Kingsoft Cloud Container Instance (KCI) Serverless container service enabling container execution without managing underlying servers using Kata Container secure isolation technology with pay-per-second billing for developer and enterprise workloads.
• Kingsoft Cloud Log Service (KLog) One-stop log data management service providing collection, storage, query, analysis, delivery, alarming, and visualization with serverless architecture and five-minute setup time for enterprise IT operations.
• Peering VPC interconnection service connecting two VPCs for data synchronization across same or different accounts and regions with geo-disaster recovery support and hardware-independent architecture for enterprise multi-VPC deployments.
• Kingsoft Cloud Redis Stable, reliable online caching and key-value storage service with hot standby, automatic failover, instance monitoring, and one-click online scale-out supporting primary/secondary and cluster editions for application developers.
• Kingsoft Cloud Advanced Defense (KAD) Tbps-level DDoS protection service with multi-line BGP, 2,000 Gbit/s per node defense capability, 10 Tbit/s reserved bandwidth, and complete Layer 4/7 attack protection for internet-facing enterprise workloads.
• Kingsoft Cloud Web Application Firewall (WAF) Web security protection preventing SQL injection, XSS attacks, webshell uploads, command injection, and malicious crawlers with OWASP-based rules and virtual patches for zero-day vulnerabilities targeting enterprise web applications.
• Kingsoft Cloud Host Security (KHS) Server and website security service providing login permission detection, backdoor attack detection, patch upgrade, brute-force attack defense, and website threat protection for enterprise cloud workloads.
• Auto Scaling Automatic resource scaling service adjusting KEC instance counts based on configured scaling policies, scheduled tasks, and alarm-triggered rules for cost-effective capacity management for elastic enterprise workloads.
• Kingsoft Xing Rui Large Language Model Innovative intelligent dialogue product providing efficient, intelligent, and personalized conversation experience using large language model technology for enterprise customers and developers building conversational AI applications.
• Qing Zhou Knowledge Q&A Assistant Knowledge Q&A assistant providing intelligent question-answering capabilities powered by AI technology for enterprise information retrieval and knowledge management use cases.
• Hanhai Large Model Platform Large model training and inference service platform enabling enterprise AI development, fine-tuning, and deployment of large language models for enterprise customers building AI applications.

Quantifiable outcome

• 37.2% YoY revenue growth in Q1 2026
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability6 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• XiaomicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership with Xiaomi for cloud services including AI infrastructure. Xiaomi announced $8.7 billion AI investment plan expected to drive RMB10 billion revenue to Kingsoft Cloud in 2026. Kingsoft Cloud uses EPC to build FDS containers and base O&M platform for Xiaomi.
• GeelycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic alliance with Geely to drive future growth through cloud services and automotive cloud solutions.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• UCloud: UCloud is a Chinese public cloud provider with comparable IaaS/PaaS offerings and a similar focus on internet, gaming, and enterprise customers. Closely comparable in scale, product breadth, and target segments as a domestic Chinese cloud competitor.
• Alibaba Cloud (Aliyun): Alibaba's cloud computing arm and the leading public cloud provider in China. Directly competes with Kingsoft Cloud across IaaS, PaaS, AI services, and enterprise cloud solutions, with much greater scale and a broader product portfolio.
• JD Cloud (JD.com): JD.com's cloud computing business serving retail, supply chain, and logistics customers. A tier-2 Chinese cloud provider competing with Kingsoft Cloud for enterprise workloads in retail and e-commerce verticals.
• Tencent Cloud: Tencent's cloud computing division and a top-tier Chinese cloud provider with strong positions in gaming, video/live streaming, and social media workloads — overlapping directly with Kingsoft Cloud's core vertical strengths.
• QingCloud (QingTeng): QingCloud is a Chinese cloud computing company providing public, private, and hybrid cloud services. Comparable to Kingsoft Cloud as a domestic Chinese provider targeting similar enterprise and developer segments.
• Huawei Cloud: Huawei's cloud business, a major Chinese cloud provider with strong capabilities in compute, AI, and government/enterprise verticals. Competes directly with Kingsoft Cloud across IaaS, AI, and hybrid cloud deployments.
• Baidu Cloud (Baidu AI Cloud): Baidu's cloud computing arm with focus on AI, big data, and intelligent cloud services. A direct competitor in the Chinese enterprise cloud market, particularly in AI/ML workloads where Kingsoft Cloud is investing heavily.

Broad incumbents

• Google Cloud Platform (GCP): Global hyperscaler with strong AI/ML capabilities (Vertex AI, TPUs). Relevant as a global benchmark and indirect competitor for AI-focused cloud workloads that Kingsoft Cloud's GPU services compete against in international expansion efforts.
• Microsoft Azure: Global hyperscaler with leading AI offerings (Azure OpenAI) and significant presence among multinational enterprises. Indirectly comparable to Kingsoft Cloud as a competitor for enterprise cloud and AI workloads with overlapping product categories.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS): Global cloud market leader and the largest hyperscaler. While not directly competing in China at scale, AWS represents the global benchmark for cloud services and the competitive threat Kingsoft Cloud's AI and enterprise offerings must differentiate against for international customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/KingsoftC

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds12 records

Investors12 records

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M&A

Investments1 record

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