In this session, we will be discussing how cloud technologies can enable the metaverse by providing infrastructure building blocks, ranging from network communications, cloud rendering, digital avatar, gaming (game engine, game code, and multimedia resources), virtual reality (VR/AR/MR/XR), AI and blockchain technology. The metaverse is a digital universe and a parallel world, which is based on digital technology and is inseparable from IT and CT technology. The industry must utilise cloud technologies to achieve the goal of running the vast metaverse, which first requires extremely powerful computing power.