Oracle Invests $8B to Expand Cloud, AI Offerings in Japan
The investment will help meet growing demand for improved local cloud and AI services
Oracle is investing more than $8 billion over the next decade to expand AI infrastructure and cloud computing in Japan.
The investment aims to expand Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), the company's cloud computing service in Japan, to meet growing demand.
Oracle also announced a commitment to help local customers with their digital sovereignty plans. A recent Omdia report found that businesses in Asia and Oceania are more interested in local, sovereign solutions.
The company said its expanded operations would include hiring Japanese personnel and engineering staff to support local AI and cloud efforts.
Oracle’s Japanese expansion will also increase access to public clouds in Tokyo and Osaka.
Oracle Alloy is also being expanded in Japan. Alloy allows customers to offer cloud services wherever they want. The company said this would enable local governments and businesses to “continue to move their mission-critical workloads to the Oracle Cloud and embrace sovereign AI solutions.”