Oracle to invest U.S. $5 billion in cloud infrastructure

Expansion of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure supports the UK Government’s vision for an AI-driven future and will help meet global demand for its cloud computing, sovereign AI, multicloud, and generative AI innovations.

  • Wednesday, 19th March 2025 Posted 5 months ago in by Phil Alsop

Oracle plans to invest U.S. $5 billion over the next five years to meet the rapidly growing demand for its cloud services in the UK. The investment will expand Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s (OCI) footprint in the UK and help the UK Government deliver on its vision for AI innovation and adoption. This will enable more organisations in the UK to leverage Oracle’s comprehensive AI and cloud computing services, including sovereign AI, industry-leading multicloud capabilities, and state-of-the-art generative AI innovations.

Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, The Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP, said: "The UK is determined to lead the world in AI innovation, and today’s announcement from Oracle is a testament to our nation’s growing strength in this sector. This $5 billion investment will accelerate our AI ambitions, providing businesses and public services with cutting-edge cloud infrastructure to drive productivity, enhance security, and unlock new opportunities for growth – driving forward our Plan for Change. By working with global tech leaders like Oracle, we’re cementing the UK’s position at the forefront of the AI revolution, creating high-skilled jobs, fueling innovation, and securing our place as a world-leading tech powerhouse."

“The UK Government’s vision is clear: use AI to help power the UK’s future,” said Siobhan Wilson, senior vice president and country leader, Oracle UK. “Today’s announcement cements Oracle’s commitment to supporting this vision. Oracle provides 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 is committed to expanding its OCI footprint in the UK to help public and private sector organisations in industries such as healthcare, financial services, defence, retail, and manufacturing migrate any type of workload to the cloud, modernise their applications, and innovate with AI. In addition, organisations will gain access to Oracle’s multicloud capabilities and UK public and sovereign cloud regions.

Oracle recently introduced 50+ AI agents within the Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications Suite to help customers successfully execute frequent, repetitive tasks across finance, supply chain, HR, sales, marketing, and service and allow employees and managers to focus their time on more strategic tasks and initiatives. With the investment of U.S. $5 billion, Oracle will be able to help more organisations across the UK take advantage of the latest AI innovations such as AI agents.  

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