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Uber Chooses Oracle and Google for 7-year Cloud Agreements, Shutting its Data Centers

Uber Technologies wants to close its data center facilities after signing two significant cloud contracts. In two seven-year contracts, it will migrate over 95% of its IT to Google Cloud and Oracle from its own data centers. After 11 months of analysis, the taxi and delivery startup opted to u...

February 14, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Google

Oracle Unveils Cloud Facility in Chicago

In Chicago, Illinois, Oracle has established a new cloud region. The company announced the opening of a new Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) area in Chicago in December 2022. The new area, which was disclosed in November 2022, is Oracle's 41st worldwide public cloud region (55 counting gov...

December 20, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Oracle

Oracle Launches First Cloud Region in Madrid, Spain

Oracle has announced that it has launched a cloud region in the capital of Spain. The launch sees Oracle's total cloud region across the globe hit 40. This is the country's first region in the country. The general manager of Oracle Spain, Albert Triola, said: "Local organizations and public in...

September 28, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Oracle

Oracle Launches First Cloud Region in Mexico

Oracle has announced the launch of its new cloud region in Querétaro, Mexico. The company first revealed plans for the region in 2021. This is Oracle’s first region in the country. The senior vice president and general manager of Oracle Mexico, Maribel Dos Santos, said: “We are excited to e...

July 01, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Oracle

Oracle Launches Second Cloud Region in France

Oracle has announced the opening of a new region in Paris, France. This will be the company’s second region in the country as it opened its first in Marseilles inside Interxion’s campus in November 2021. The general manager of Oracle France, Christophe Negrier, said Oracle is helping organizat...

June 21, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Oracle

TikTok Now Using Oracle Infrastructure For US User Data

TikTok has confirmed hosting its data in the US in Oracle’s data center. The Chinese social media company revealed in a blog post that it has been working with Oracle for over a year to protect better its systems, app, and US user data. TikTok noted that the company has now completed a signifi...

June 20, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Oracle

Oracle Partnering With Telefonica For Cloud Region in Madrid

Oracle has announced a partnership with Telefónica. The agreement sees Oracle place its Spanish cloud region in Telefonica’s data center in Madrid, Spain. Per the agreement, the two firms will jointly offer cloud platform-as-a-service and applications to public sector organizations and enterpr...

February 11, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Oracle

Oracle opens new data center in South Africa

Oracle has announced that it has opened a new data center in South Africa, making it the company's 37th "cloud region," with a view to open at least 44 cloud regions this year.Looking ahead, for the rest of the year, the company has not announced plans for further data centers in Africa; howe...

January 19, 2022

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Oracle developing Swedish and Italian cloud regions

Oracle has announced that it has opened new cloud regions in Milan, Italy, and Stockholm, Sweden. These regions are Oracle’s first regions in Italy and Sweden. The regions are also the company’s first in the Nordic region. Under normal circumstances, Oracle always targets having two separate r...

December 16, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Oracle

Oracle's Linlithgow data center set to shutdown

Oracle has announced that it will be closing its Linlithgow data center in Scotland early next year. The company acquired the former Sun Microsystems manufacturing facility back in 2009 and transformed the facility into a data center in 2012. It spans 160,000 sq ft (14,900 sqm), with a capacit...

December 07, 2021

Oracle

Oracle opens cloud regions in Singapore and France

Oracle has announced the opening of its new cloud regions in Singapore and Marseilles, France. The two regions are Oracle’s first in both countries. However, Oracle plans to open another cloud region in France next year. According to Oracle, the Marseille cloud region works with a “river cooli...

November 11, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Oracle

Oracle opens another cloud region in UAE

Oracle has announced the opening of a cloud region in Abu Dhabi, making it the firm’s second cloud region in the United Arab Emirates. The company opened its first cloud region in the UAE in 2020 after opening a facility in partnership with Etisalat in 2019. Oracle now has four cloud facilitie...

November 10, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Oracle

Oracle to launch cloud region in Saudi Arabia’s Neom city

Oracle is the latest company to join the Neom city project. Neom subsidiary, Neom Tech & Digital Holding Company, recently announced that Oracle will be the "first tenant" of the hyperscale data center in the new city.Abdullah Alswaha, Minister for Communications and Information Technology...

October 29, 2021

Oracle

Oracle to explore potential of new Cloud region in Serbia with MoU

Oracle Cloud has signed an MoU with the Government of Serbia at the World Expo in Dubai this week. The purpose of the MoU is to explore the possibility of opening an Oracle data region within the State Data Center in Kragujevac. According to a press release by the Serbian Government, the new l...

October 18, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Oracle

Oracle opens underground data center in Jerusalem, Israel

Oracle has announced that it has opened a Cloud region in Israel. With the underground data center opening in Jerusalem, Oracle has become the first hyperscale firm to open a Cloud region in the country. CEO of Oracle, Safra Katz, said organizations and government bodies need to transit to the...

October 13, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Oracle

Oracle plans further expansion for its cloud region

Oracle has announced the details for its 14 new cloud regions. The company plans to have 14 more cloud regions over the next year. By opening the new regions, Oracle will now have 44 cloud regions across the globe. The company has plans for new regions in Latin America, Middle East, Europe, an...

October 12, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Oracle

Oracle chooses Johannesburg for first Cloud region in Africa

According to the South African Business Times, Oracle has selected Johannesburg as its first African and South African Cloud Region. Vice President of Oracle for cloud strategy in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, Regis Louis, said firms are now grasping that they can’t rely on a single clo...

October 12, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Oracle

Oracle 100% green energy pledge now includes its non-cloud facilities

Oracle has pledged to power its global operations, including its cloud and facilities with 100% green energy by 2025. Initially, the Company promised to run its cloud facilities alone with 100% green energy by 2025. However, it is planning to include all its global operations now. Oracle claim...

June 23, 2021

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