What challenges did Chainbase face before AI implementation?

Rapid growth increased compute and operational needs. Existing cloud hosting costs were consuming resources needed for growth. The migration had to move over 200TB of data without downtime or disruption.

What was the impact of the AI solution?

The migration took about a month and completed without downtime or disruption. Chainbase reported a 50% reduction in infrastructure costs. The company could reinvest resources into product development and refinement.

Source

AlibabaProductionEvidence: Medium65/100

Chainbase Web3 data platform migration to Alibaba Cloud (BNS, Data Lake Formation, ACK, ApsaraDB for ClickHouse)

Use case typeCloud migrationUpdated 3 days ago

Chainbase migrated its Web3 blockchain data platform to Alibaba Cloud Singapore to improve service speed, reduce infrastructure costs, and support rapid growth. The platform supports more than 200TB of data and uses Alibaba Cloud services for node hosting, real-time data processing, and structured data storage.

Organization: Chainbase
Industry: Tech & Comms
Location: Singapore
Published: July 2026

Reported outcomes

−50%

infrastructure cost reductionCost savings

Strategic outcomes

Cost efficiencyReduced infrastructure spend while maintaining stabilityOther strategic outcomeCompleted migration without downtimeOther strategic outcomeReinvested resources into product development

Catalog median for cost savings deployments: −40% across 177 reported metrics. Compare benchmarks →

Why do we believe this?Outcome claims, sources, and evidence checks

Normalized claim

Infrastructure cost reduction: 50% decrease

Alibaba Cloud CustomersJul 25, 2026Customer storyExplicit claimMedium evidence strength

"reported a 50% reduction in infrastructure costs"

Why do we believe this deployment?Customer identity, provider attribution, maturity, and source checks

Customer: Chainbase
Provider: Alibaba
Maturity: Production
Linked source: Alibaba Cloud Customers

Rapid growth increased compute and operational needs

Customer identity supportedSource describes one deploymentMaturity supported

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1Cloud migration
2Data platform modernization

Rapid growth increased compute and operational needs.
Existing cloud hosting costs were consuming resources needed for growth.
The migration had to move over 200TB of data without downtime or disruption.

Alibaba Cloud migrated the Web3 data platform to Alibaba Cloud Singapore.
The implementation used Blockchain Node Service, Cloud Data Transfer, Data Lake Formation, Container Service for Kubernetes, ApsaraMQ for Kafka, Realtime Compute for Apache Flink, ApsaraDB for ClickHouse, and ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL.
Stable and secure cloud-native infrastructure replaced the previous self-built open-source architecture.

Technologies

Blockchain Node Service Cloud Data Transfer Data Lake Formation Container Service for Kubernetes ApsaraMQ for Kafka Realtime Compute for Apache Flink ApsaraDB for ClickHouse ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL

The migration took about a month and completed without downtime or disruption.
Chainbase reported a 50% reduction in infrastructure costs.
The company could reinvest resources into product development and refinement.

Architecture

Alibaba Cloud migrated Chainbase’s Web3 data platform to Alibaba Cloud Singapore using Blockchain Node Service (BNS), Cloud Data Transfer, Data Lake Formation, Container Service for Kubernetes (ACK), ApsaraMQ for Kafka, Realtime Compute for Apache Flink, ApsaraDB for ClickHouse, and ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL. The migration used multiple VPNs and internal networks to improve transmission efficiency.

Sources & evidence1

Evidence: Medium65/100Evidence strength