{"id":103228,"date":"2024-08-08T09:07:05","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T08:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/?p=103228"},"modified":"2024-08-15T16:30:35","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T15:30:35","slug":"oracle-strengthens-saudi-arabias-ai-economy-with-opening-of-second-public-cloud-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/2024\/08\/08\/oracle-strengthens-saudi-arabias-ai-economy-with-opening-of-second-public-cloud-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Oracle strengthens Saudi Arabia\u2019s AI economy with opening of second public cloud region\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

New public cloud region in Riyadh is Oracle\u2019s second cloud region in Saudi Arabia and part of Oracle\u2019s US$1.5 billion investment to boost the country\u2019s cloud capacity in line with Saudi Vision 2030.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To meet the rapidly growing demand for its AI and cloud services, Oracle has announced the opening of its second public cloud region in Saudi Arabia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new Riyadh cloud region will help public and private sector organisations migrate all types of workloads to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), giving them access to a wide range of cloud services to modernise their applications and innovate with data, analytics and AI. Center3 is the host partner for the new Oracle Cloud Riyadh Region.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part of Oracle\u2019s\u202fdistributed cloud\u202fstrategy and Oracle\u2019s US$1.5 billion investment to expand cloud infrastructure capabilities in the Kingdom, the new region will help boost the Kingdom\u2019s AI economy, which is expected to reach US$135.2 billion by 2030. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Oracle Cloud Riyadh Region joins the existing\u202fOracle Cloud Jeddah Region\u202fand the planned Oracle Cloud Region in NEOM to extend Oracle\u2019s footprint in Saudi Arabia. Oracle is the only hyperscaler capable of delivering AI and a full suite of 100 plus cloud services across dedicated, public and hybrid cloud environments, anywhere in the world. This includes\u202fOracle Autonomous Database,\u202fHeatWave MySQL Database Service,\u202fOracle Container Engine for Kubernetes,\u202fOracle Cloud VMware Solution,\u202fOCI Generative AI service, OCI AI Infrastructure and OCI Supercluster.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe opening of Oracle\u2019s new cloud region in Riyadh reflects the Kingdom\u2019s continuous efforts in boosting the digital economy based on modern technologies and innovation,\u201d said His Excellency Eng. Haytham Alohali, Vice Minister, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis step will significantly enable international and local companies to achieve innovation and promote the adoption of AI and cloud computing technologies in various sectors, which enhances Saudi Arabia’s competitiveness at the regional and international level.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richard Smith, Executive Vice President and General Manager, EMEA Cloud Infrastructure, Oracle, said: \u201cWith the rapid expansion of our cloud footprint in Saudi Arabia, Oracle is committed to helping the country achieve its goal of developing one of the strongest digital economies in the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs part of our wider investment in cloud capabilities in Saudi Arabia, the Oracle Cloud Riyadh Region will help accelerate adoption of cloud and AI technologies to boost innovation across all sectors of the Saudi economy, while helping organisations addressing local data hosting requirements.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OCI provides customers and partners with a resilient and scalable cloud foundation<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the Oracle Cloud Riyadh Region adding to the existing Oracle Cloud Jeddah Region, customers and partners can gain low-latency access to cloud services to help them derive better value from their data. Customers can also leverage high availability and backup and disaster recovery capabilities across the two regions in Saudi Arabia to enhance business continuity and help address local regulations and requirements for local data hosting. In addition, OCI\u2019s sovereign AI capabilities provide customers with increased control over where they locate their data and computing infrastructure and how they manage it. As a result, customers can make use of AI capabilities designed with the requirements of digital sovereignty frameworks in mind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

OCI\u2019s unique cloud architecture enables Oracle to launch dedicated cloud regions with hyperscale cloud services inside customer data centers and deploy more public cloud regions faster by starting with an optimal footprint and scaling as needed. This approach helps meet the needs of all countries and markets without compromising cloud capabilities, while also providing the consistent performance, SLAs and global pricing for which OCI has become known.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Partners and analysts welcome the new public cloud region<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We are thrilled to collaborate with Oracle as they expand their cloud infrastructure in Saudi Arabia with the new Riyadh cloud region,\u201d said Fahad Alhajeri, Chief Executive Officer, center3. \u201cThis strategic initiative delivers on our shared vision of fostering technological innovation and advancing the digital economy of the Kingdom. Oracle’s cloud regions in Saudi Arabia will play an important role in enhancing data sovereignty, driving Digital Transformation, and empowering businesses across the country to achieve greater agility and growth.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOracle\u2019s continued expansion of its cloud footprint in Saudi Arabia is vital as companies increasingly leverage AI and GenAI capabilities,\u201d said Jyoti Lalchandani, Regional Managing Director, Middle East, T\u00fcrkiye, Africa and India, IDC. \u201cLocal cloud infrastructure helps organisations ensure faster data processing, enhanced security, and their compliance with national regulations, helping them innovate more efficiently and effectively. This strategic move not only supports the\u202fKingdom\u2019s vision to leverage artificial intelligence to\u202fdrive Digital Transformation, but also empowers companies to harness the full potential of AI, driving competitive advantage and creating local value and growth in the Kingdom.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New public cloud region in Riyadh is Oracle\u2019s second cloud region in Saudi Arabia and part of Oracle\u2019s US$1.5 billion investment to boost the country\u2019s cloud capacity in line with Saudi Vision 2030. To meet the rapidly growing demand for its AI and cloud services, Oracle has announced the opening of its second public cloud […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":99872,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[331,78,791,13,79],"tags":[3211,22,711,12462,18731,277],"class_list":["post-103228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cloud","category-regional-news-newsletter","category-ksa","category-top-stories","category-used","tag-ai","tag-cloud","tag-oracle","tag-oracle-cloud-infrastructure","tag-public-cloud-region","tag-saudi-arabia"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103228"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103771,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103228\/revisions\/103771"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}