Oracle has announced plans to invest over USD 6.5 billion to open a public cloud region in Malaysia to meet the increasing demand for its artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud services.
This move will allow Oracle customers and partners in Malaysia to utilize AI infrastructure and services and transfer important workloads to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
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Oracle Service Suite Integrations
The new cloud region will assist organizations in Malaysia in updating their applications, moving various workloads to the cloud, and innovating with data, analytics, and AI. Customers will have access to various services, including OCI Generative AI Agents, accelerated computing, and OCI Supercluster, the largest AI supercomputer in the cloud.
Additionally, services like Oracle Autonomous Database, HeatWave MySQL Database Service, Oracle Cloud VMware Solution, OCI Kubernetes Engine, and Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications Suite will be available. The Malaysian Minister of Investment, Trade, and Industry welcomed Oracle's investment, stating that it will empower Malaysian entities, especially small- and medium-sized enterprises, with advanced AI and cloud technologies.
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Malaysia’s Readiness for Digital Investments
This investment aligns with Malaysia's goal of creating smart factories by 2030 and highlights the country's readiness for digital investments. Oracle's executive emphasized Malaysia's potential for growth with digital technologies and reiterated the company's commitment to the region.
The IDC predicts significant growth in Malaysia's public cloud services market, making the upcoming Oracle cloud region crucial for technological innovation and growth in Southeast Asia.
Oracle's cloud architecture allows for the rapid deployment of public cloud regions, ensuring consistent performance, SLAs, and global pricing. The upcoming public cloud region in Malaysia will provide customers with low-latency access to cloud services, helping them maximize the value of their data and comply with data residency regulations within the country.
Customers in Malaysia are looking forward to the new public cloud region, which will foster an environment conducive to NVIDIA AI infrastructure services like NVIDIA AI Enterprise, NVIDIA Omniverse, and NVIDIA DGX Cloud.
NVIDIA's senior director expressed excitement about the collaboration, stating that it will enable organizations in Malaysia to leverage NVIDIA's platform for AI development and deployment on OCI.
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