Oracle to expand cloud presence in 14 EMEA regions
The vendor plans to have 44 cloud regions by the end of 2022
Oracle plans to expand its cloud footprint to support global customer demand with 14 cloud regions over the next year.
Upcoming cloud regions include Italy, Sweden, France, Spain, Singapore, South Africa, Israel, Mexico, and Colombia.
Additional second regions will open in Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia, France, Israel, and Chile.
It plans to establish at least two cloud regions in almost every country it operates, adding that the US, Canada, UK, South Korea, Japan, Brazil, India, and Australia already have two cloud regions.
The cloud vendor currently operates its cloud services across 30 cloud regions in 14 countries.
"Oracle Cloud Infrastructure has seen stellar growth over the past year," said its executive VP, Clay Magouyrk.
"We've introduced several hundred new cloud services and features and are continuing to see organisations from around the world increasingly turn to OCI to run their most mission-critical workloads in the cloud.
"With the additional Cloud regions, even more organisations will be able to use our cloud services to support their growth and overall success."
In its fiscal fourth quarter results, Oracle saw revenues climb eight per cent year on year to €9.3bn, with GAAP operating income growing five per cent to €3.7bn.
The vendor's cloud services and license support figures accounted for the lion's share of revenues, increasing eight per cent to €6.1bn for the quarter.
Its cloud license and on-premise license revenues were also up nine per cent to €1.7bn.
Commitment to sustainability
Oracle has pledged to power all Oracle Cloud regions worldwide with 100 per cent renewable energy by 2025.
It claims several Oracle Cloud regions, including regions in North America, South America, and Europe are already powered by 100 per cent renewable energy.
Moreover, as part of its renewable energy clean Cloud initiative, Oracle claims to have reused or recycled 99.6 per cent of its retired hardware in FY21.