Oracle and Google Cloud Expand Regional Reach and Enhance Oracle Database@Google Cloud with New Capabilities
Oracle and Google Cloud have announced significant expansions and powerful new capabilities for Oracle Database@Google Cloud, empowering customers to fortify their database instances, optimize costs, and achieve greater flexibility and resiliency. This collaboration introduces eight new regions and advanced features such as cross-region disaster recovery, database replication, and support for single-node Oracle database deployments. These enhancements aim to meet the growing demand for scalable, secure, and high-performance cloud solutions while enabling seamless multicloud strategies.
Expanding Global Footprint for Enhanced Accessibility
Over the next 12 months, Oracle Database@Google Cloud will expand its regional availability to include eight new regions: U.S. Central 1 (Iowa), North America-Northeast 1 (Montreal), North America-Northeast 2 (Toronto), Asia-Northeast 1 (Tokyo), Asia-Northeast 2 (Osaka), Asia-South 1 (Mumbai), Asia-South 2 (Delhi), and South America-East 1 (Sao Paulo). Additionally, data center capacity will double in key regions like London, Frankfurt, and Ashburn to meet increasing customer demand.
These expansions build on the existing regions available today, including U.S. East (Ashburn), U.S. West (Salt Lake City), U.K. South (London), and Germany Central (Frankfurt). By broadening its global footprint, Oracle Database@Google Cloud ensures customers can deploy databases closer to their users, reducing latency and improving performance while supporting compliance with regional data sovereignty regulations.
New Capabilities to Strengthen Resiliency and Flexibility
The latest updates to Oracle Database@Google Cloud introduce several game-changing features designed to enhance resiliency, security, and operational efficiency:
- Cross-Region Disaster Recovery for Oracle Autonomous Database Serverless:
This feature ensures system continuity by enabling data replication on a standby database in a separate Google Cloud region. It accelerates operational recovery, improves data protection, and helps customers meet compliance and regulatory requirements. Additionally, customers can securely access their Oracle databases via a public endpoint or restrict access to approved IP addresses, bolstering the security of their database environments. - Single-Node VM Clusters for Oracle Exadata Database Service on Dedicated Infrastructure:
Previously, all VM clusters required a minimum of two VMs and databases, along with Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC). The new single-node clusters provide cost and infrastructure flexibility, making them ideal for test and development environments or databases that do not require RAC’s high availability features. This capability allows customers to optimize their costs while benefiting from Oracle Exadata’s workload isolation, performance, and simplified management.
“These new capabilities for Oracle Database@Google Cloud are designed to support customers’ mission-critical database workloads and overall IT strategies, in a multicloud context,” said Karan Batta, senior vice president of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. “Oracle continues to develop OCI’s multicloud capabilities with a focus on resiliency, comprehensive features, and the most attractive commercial terms.”
Driving Multicloud Success Through Collaboration
Oracle and Google Cloud remain committed to helping joint customers succeed in their multicloud journeys. By integrating Oracle Database@Google Cloud with Google Cloud’s AI offerings, such as Gemini foundation models, Vertex AI, BigQuery, and Looker, organizations can unlock faster and more efficient AI processing. This enables businesses to scale AI applications rapidly and drive breakthroughs in the cloud.
“We continue to work closely with Oracle to support our joint customers on their multicloud journeys,” said Andi Gutmans, vice president and general manager of databases at Google Cloud. “Oracle Database@Google Cloud’s new features will help customers speed up their cloud migrations with increased confidence around mission-critical workloads and cost-effectiveness. By bringing customers’ databases closer to Google’s AI offerings, they gain significant benefits such as faster and more efficient AI processing, resulting in the ability to rapidly scale AI applications.”
Simplified Purchasing and Deployment Options
Oracle Database@Google Cloud simplifies purchasing and management by allowing customers to leverage their existing Google Cloud commitments. Customers can also take advantage of Oracle licensing benefits, such as Bring Your Own License (BYOL) and Oracle Support Rewards.
For added flexibility, Oracle Autonomous Database is available with usage-based pricing, enabling customers to deploy a fully managed database in minutes. Other services, including Oracle Exadata Database Service, Oracle Autonomous Database, and Oracle Database Zero Data Loss Autonomous Recovery Service, are available through custom quotes via private offers.
Key Benefits for Customers
Oracle Database@Google Cloud delivers numerous advantages to help organizations streamline operations and achieve their goals:
- Simplified Workload Deployment: Compatibility with on-premises Oracle Database and Oracle Exadata deployments ensures seamless migration and consolidation.
- Unified Operating Environment: Low-latency integration within Google Cloud enables customers to deploy OCI database services, including Oracle Exadata Database Service on Dedicated Infrastructure, Oracle Autonomous Database, and OCI GoldenGate, in a secure and efficient manner.
- Native Integration with Google Cloud Services: Customers benefit from native integrations with Google Cloud’s console, APIs, monitoring, and operations tools.
- Private High-Speed Connectivity: Oracle Interconnect for Google Cloud supports use cases like data and application integration, ensuring fast and reliable connectivity.
- Unified Customer Experience: Joint support from Google Cloud and Oracle ensures a seamless experience for customers navigating multicloud environments.
Why Choose Oracle Database@Google Cloud?
With its expanded regional availability, advanced disaster recovery capabilities, and flexible deployment options, Oracle Database@Google Cloud is a powerful solution for businesses seeking to modernize their IT infrastructure. Whether migrating mission-critical workloads, optimizing costs, or leveraging AI-driven insights, customers can rely on Oracle and Google Cloud to deliver a secure, scalable, and high-performance environment.
To learn more about how Oracle Database@Google Cloud can transform your organization’s database strategy, explore the available resources and reach out to the teams at Oracle and Google Cloud. Stay ahead of the competition by embracing the future of multicloud database management with Oracle Database@Google Cloud.
