Oracle and Google Cloud announced a significant expansion of Oracle Database@Google Cloud, introducing eight new regions and enhanced capabilities aimed at bolstering database resiliency, optimizing costs, and increasing operational flexibility.
The updates provide further support for enterprise multi-cloud strategies, enabling customers to deploy Oracle Database services within Google Cloud’s infrastructure while benefiting from Oracle’s database expertise.
New Capabilities
The companies announced several new capabilities for Oracle Database@Google Cloud:
- Cross-Region Disaster Recovery for Oracle Autonomous Database Serverless
- Automated Data Replication: Allows real-time replication to standby databases in separate Google Cloud regions to ensure system continuity in the face of potential regional failures.
- Enhanced Security Measures: Customers can access their databases securely via public endpoints or restrict access to specific IP addresses, reducing the risk of unauthorized access.
- Compliance and Regulatory Support: Helps organizations adhere to data protection regulations by maintaining multiple geographically distributed copies of their databases.
- Single-Node VM Clusters for Oracle Exadata Database Service on Dedicated Infrastructure
- Cost-Efficient Deployments: Reduces infrastructure costs by allowing single-node deployments. This is a powerful capability for making test and development environments as well as applications that do not require RAC’s high availability features.
- Simplified Database Management: Provides the benefits of Oracle Exadata’s workload isolation and performance while eliminating the need for complex multi-node configurations.
- Flexible Infrastructure Options: Supports databases without RAC licenses, enabling organizations to deploy Oracle Exadata more efficiently based on their specific workload needs.
Expanded Regional Availability
Oracle Database@Google Cloud will be available in eight new Google Cloud regions over the next 12 months:
- North America: U.S. Central 1 (Iowa), North America-Northeast 1 (Montreal), North America-Northeast 2 (Toronto)
- Asia: Asia-Northeast 1 (Tokyo), Asia-Northeast 2 (Osaka), Asia-South 1 (Mumbai), Asia-South 2 (Delhi)
- South America: South America-East 1 (São Paulo)
Additionally, Google Cloud’s existing Oracle Database regions in the U.S. (Ashburn, Salt Lake City), the U.K. (London), and Germany (Frankfurt) will see a doubling of datacenter capacity to accommodate increasing customer demand.
Analysis
Oracle and Google Cloud’s ongoing collaboration continues to strengthen multicloud capabilities, making it easier for enterprises to migrate, manage, and scale mission-critical workloads.
Oracle Database@Google Cloud delivers multiple strategic benefits to enterprise customers:
- Multi-cloud Optimization: Enables customers to seamlessly integrate Oracle databases with Google Cloud services such as Gemini foundation models, Vertex AI, BigQuery, and Looker.
- Simplified Cloud Management: Supports existing Google Cloud commitments for purchasing Oracle Database services while allowing customers to use Oracle’s Bring Your Own License (BYOL) and Oracle Support Rewards.
- Enhanced Integration: Oracle Database@Google Cloud integrates natively with Google Cloud’s console, APIs, monitoring, and operations, ensuring a unified cloud experience.
- Low-Latency Connectivity: Customers benefit from Oracle Interconnect for Google Cloud’s private, high-speed connectivity for seamless data integration.
- Streamlined Procurement: Oracle Database services are available via Google Cloud Marketplace, simplifying the contracting and procurement process.
The expansion of Oracle Database@Google Cloud into new regions, enhanced disaster recovery, and cost-optimized infrastructure options further accelerates cloud adoption while ensuring greater operational efficiency, security, and scalability for organizations worldwide.
