Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2025
Huawei Cloud business fraud and economic misconduct trigger internal accountability; CEO Zhang Ping'an demoted three levels
In October 2025, Huawei internally notified accountability for fraud and economic misconduct in its cloud business. Huawei Cloud CEO Zhang Ping'an was demoted three levels and received a severe warning, and multiple executives were demoted or held accountable. The incident drew outside attention to the authenticity of Huawei Cloud's performance and its internal governance.
2020
Huawei Cloud large-scale outage
On April 10, 2020, Huawei Cloud suffered a large-scale failure lasting about three hours. Console login and the management backend were unavailable, and some customers' businesses were affected. It was Huawei Cloud's first large-scale outage. Huawei Cloud responded that it had detected abnormalities in some hosts, basically repaired the issue after about three hours, and assisted customers in restoring their businesses; the incident drew attention to cloud service stability.