Oracle is spending $5 billion over the next five years in the UK to help meet the growing demand for cloud services. The investment will expand Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s (OCI) footprint in the UK, and better serve the needs of managed service providers, enterprises, and the public sector, across segments like sovereign AI, multi-cloud services, and generative AI innovation.
Siobhan Wilson, senior vice president and country leader, Oracle UK, said: “We provide the world’s best cloud infrastructure for AI learning and inferencing. Our cloud investment will help ensure that customers can use AI to achieve new levels of productivity, unlock growth, and benefit from superior performance and security, all with improved cost savings.”
Oracle recently introduced over 50 AI agents within the Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications Suite to help customers successfully execute frequent, repetitive tasks across finance, supply chains, HR, sales, marketing, and service support, and allow employees and managers to focus their time on more strategic tasks and initiatives.
With the new investment, said the firm, more organisations across the UK will be able to take advantage of AI agents and other evolving innovations.
The Oracle cloud ecosystem continues to grow. Last week, we reported that Expel, the managed detection and response (MDR) provider, has expanded its cloud control plane MDR coverage to include Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Expel claims it is the first MDR services provider to cover OCI environments.
In addition to OCI, Expel offers MDR services for Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Microsoft Azure clouds. It also protects Kubernetes data, and cloud security tools like Wiz, Lacework, and Orca.
