Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), the cloud computing service of Oracle Corporation, provides compute, storage, and networking services through its data centers in 24 countries and over 40 locations around the world. Growth in Oracle Cloud regions and the company’s core products and platforms, such as Oracle Autonomous Database, Fusion applications, MySQL HeatWave, Java, and Oracle Middleware, are driving the company’s need for more data center capacity.

Each Oracle Cloud region is composed of 1 to 3 isolated and physically separate data centers with distinct physical infrastructure (i.e., power, cooling, and networking), known by Oracle as availability domains, and commonly referred to by other cloud service providers as availability zones. Within the same region, these availability domains are interconnected by a low-latency, high-bandwidth network.

Over the coming years, Oracle plans to build 100 new cloud data centers to meet “billions of dollars” in excess contracted demand that exceeds its current capacity, which is constrained by data center space, power requirements, and GPU availability.

Ultimately, Oracle plans to establish a minimum of two geographically distributed cloud regions in every country where it operates. At present, it has already established two separate cloud regions in each of: the United States, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Mexico, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, South Korea, Japan, India, Australia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Availability Domains Oracle Cloud has 58 availability domains in operation and a further 5 under development, meaning that the company will have a total of 63 availability domains existing in the near-term. Because availability domains are isolated from each other, they are fault tolerant, and very unlikely to fail simultaneously. Furthermore, given that availability domains do not share infrastructure – such as power and cooling, a failure at one availability domain within a region is unlikely to impact the availability of the others within the same region.

How Many Data Centers Does Oracle Cloud Have? Oracle Cloud currently has 48 regions in operation and a further 5 under development, meaning that the company will have a total of 53 regions available in the near-term. Oracle Cloud Data Center with Server Racks and Cabinets Aligned in Rows Each Oracle Cloud region is composed of 1 to 3 isolated and physically separate data centers with distinct physical infrastructure (i.e., power, cooling, and networking), known by Oracle as availability domains, and commonly referred to by other cloud service providers as availability zones. Within the same region, these availability domains are interconnected by a low-latency, high-bandwidth network.