Oracle to Launch Two New Cloud Regions in Morocco to Drive Digital Transformation

Oracle
has
announced
plans
to
establish
two
new
Oracle
Cloud
Regions
in
Morocco,
aimed
at
providing
enterprise
cloud
services
to
organizations
across
Africa.
The
new
regions,
located
in
Casablanca
and
Settat,
will
enable
Oracle
customers
and
partners
to
migrate
critical
workloads
from
their
data
centers
to
Oracle
Cloud
Infrastructure
(OCI),
ensuring
compliance
with
local
regulations
and
facilitating
digital
transformation.

Boosting
Digital
Transformation
in
Morocco

The
initiative
underscores
Oracle’s
commitment
to
Africa
and
is
expected
to
drive
the
digital
modernization
of
enterprises,
startups,
universities,
and
investors
in
Morocco
and
the
broader
region.
The
project
aligns
with
Morocco’s
strategic
goals
to
bolster
its
digital
government
initiatives
and
foster
greater
innovation.

A
Memorandum
of
Understanding
(MoU)
to
establish
the
new
cloud
regions
was
signed
by
key
Moroccan
officials
and
Oracle
leaders
during
GITEX
Africa
2024.
The
signatories
included
Mr.
Mohcine
Jazouli,
Minister
Delegate
to
the
Head
of
Government
in
charge
of
Investment,
Convergence,
and
Evaluation
of
Public
Policies;
Ms.
Ghita
Mezzour,
Minister
Delegate
to
the
Head
of
Government
in
charge
of
Digital
Transition
and
Administrative
Reform;
and
Mr.
Ali
Seddiki,
General
Director
of
the
Moroccan
Agency
for
the
Development
of
Investments
and
Exports
(AMDIE).

Expanding
Cloud
Capabilities

Oracle’s
planned
cloud
regions
will
offer
a
comprehensive
suite
of
services,
including
Oracle
Autonomous
Database,
MySQL
HeatWave
Database
Service,
Oracle
Container
Engine
for
Kubernetes,
Oracle
Cloud
VMware
Solution,
OCI
Generative
AI
service,
and
OCI
AI
Infrastructure.
These
services
will
support
organizations
in
modernizing
applications,
enhancing
resilience,
and
exploring
new
markets.

Richard
Smith,
Executive
Vice
President
of
Technology,
EMEA
at
Oracle,
emphasized
Morocco’s
unique
growth
potential,
noting
its
strong
business
and
cultural
ties
with
West
Africa,
Maghreb,
and
Europe.
The
new
cloud
regions
are
poised
to
serve
as
a
foundation
for
the
Moroccan
government’s
efforts
to
modernize
public
services
and
better
serve
its
citizens.

OCI’s
Advanced
AI
and
Cloud
Solutions

Oracle
is
the
only
hyperscaler
capable
of
delivering
a
full
suite
of
over
100
cloud
services
across
dedicated,
public,
and
hybrid
cloud
environments
globally.
The
upcoming
regions
in
Morocco
will
provide
access
to
OCI’s
advanced
AI
infrastructure
and
cloud
capabilities,
enabling
low-latency
access
to
cloud
services
and
enhancing
business
continuity
through
redundancy
and
disaster
recovery
features.

The
regions
will
also
help
organizations
meet
Morocco’s
data
residency
requirements
and
leverage
OCI’s
sovereign
AI
capabilities,
providing
greater
control
over
data
and
computing
infrastructure
while
ensuring
compliance
with
digital
sovereignty
frameworks.

Oracle’s
Distributed
Cloud
Strategy

Oracle’s
distributed
cloud
strategy
includes
dedicated,
hybrid,
public,
and
multicloud
environments.
Customers
can
run
all
OCI
cloud
services
in
their
data
centers
with
OCI
Dedicated
Region,
while
partners
can
resell
OCI
cloud
services
using
Oracle
Alloy.
Additionally,
Oracle
operates
separate
government
clouds
for
the
U.S.,
UK,
and
Australia,
and
isolated
cloud
regions
for
U.S.
national
security
purposes.

Hybrid
cloud
services
are
delivered
on-premises
through
Oracle
Exadata
Cloud@Customer
and
Compute
Cloud@Customer,
with
deployments
managed
in
over
60
countries.
Public
cloud
regions
cater
to
organizations
of
all
sizes,
including
those
requiring
strict
EU
sovereignty
controls.
Multicloud
options
such
as
Oracle
Database@Azure
and
MySQL
HeatWave
on
AWS
and
Microsoft
Azure
provide
customers
with
the
flexibility
to
combine
capabilities
across
different
cloud
platforms.

For
more
information,
visit
the
official
announcement
on

oracle.com.

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