Oracle launches second data center in India

Hyderabad — An year after launching its first data center in India, Oracle has now launched a second data center in the country. The newly launched ‘Cloud region' in Hyderabad follows the company's investment in Mumbai ‘Cloud region' in 2019.

“With two Oracle Cloud regions live in India, we're fully geared to support our 15000 plus customers in their innovation journey, with adequate support by nearly 1000 specialized Oracle partners,” said Shailender Kumar, Regional Managing Director, Oracle India.

The American technology giant said the opening is part of its global plans to operate 36 second-generation Cloud regions by the end of 2020. With this launch now businesses in India will have access to all Oracle Cloud services, including Oracle Autonomous Database and Oracle Autonomous Linux, as well as Oracle Cloud Applications, to unlock innovation and drive business growth. 

“We congratulate Oracle India on opening their second Cloud region in Hyderabad. This will surely help both public and private enterprises in our state to take advantage of Oracle cloud services,” said Jayesh Ranjan, Principal Secretary, Industries & Commerce (I&C) and Information Technology (IT), Government of Telangana.

Oracle said that it will provide enterprise customers in India better performance, pricing, and security based on its second-generation Cloud. With this launch, India joins the US, Canada, Japan, Australia, South Korea, and the European Union in having multiple Oracle Cloud regions.

“With Oracle opening dual cloud regions in Australia, Japan, Korea and now India, we are further renewing our commitment to support growth in the new decade,” said Garrett Ilg, Executive Vice President, Japan and Asia Pacific, Oracle.

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In addition to the Hyderabad Cloud Region, Oracle recently announced the opening of five Oracle Cloud regions in Melbourne (Australia), Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Osaka (Japan), Amsterdam (the Netherlands) and Chuncheon (South Korea). 

Oracle opened 20 Cloud regions in the past year and currently operates 24 regions globally – 16 commercial and six government. 

By the end of this year, the company plans to open additional new cloud regions in the US (San Jose, CA), Brazil (Vinhedo), the UK (Cardiff, Wales), Singapore, Israel, South Africa (Johannesburg), Chile (Santiago), Saudi Arabia and two in the United Arab Emirates.

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