Oracle and Google Cloud Announce Industry-First Partner Program and Powerful New Capabilities for Oracle Database@Google Cloud

Rhea-AI Summary

Oracle and Google Cloud have announced significant expansions to their partnership, including an industry-first partner program and new capabilities for Oracle Database@Google Cloud. The partnership will enable Oracle and Google Cloud partners to offer Oracle Database@Google Cloud through the Google Cloud Marketplace.

Key developments include:

• Introduction of Oracle Base Database Service in preview
• Support for Oracle Exadata X11M
• Oracle Interconnect availability for U.S. Government Cloud customers
• Planned expansion to 11 new regions within 12 months
• Doubled datacenter capacity in London, Frankfurt, and Ashburn

The new partner program will be available within 12 months for members of both the Google Cloud Partner Advantage program and Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN). The partnership aims to meet growing customer demand for multicloud solutions while providing enhanced database management capabilities and regional availability.

Positive

• Industry-first partner program enabling broader market reach
• Expansion to 11 new regions increasing global presence
• Doubled datacenter capacity in key regions
• Enhanced performance with Exadata X11M support
• New flexible pricing model with pay-as-you-go options

Negative

• Partner program to dual membership requirement
• Base Database Service only available in preview
• Purchases restricted to Google Cloud credits only

Insights

Cloud Technology Analyst

This Oracle-Google Cloud partnership expansion represents a strategic evolution in multi-cloud capabilities with several key technological advantages. The industry-first partner program enabling reselling through Google Cloud Marketplace significantly expands Oracle's distribution channels while maintaining technological control. Oracle's database dominance now gains exposure to Google's customer base through a streamlined procurement model.

The technical enhancements deliver substantial value: Oracle Exadata X11M support provides performance improvements across AI, analytics, and OLTP workloads while maintaining architectural consistency across deployment environments. The upcoming Oracle Base Database Service with automated lifecycle management and independently scalable resources addresses administration overhead concerns that previously cloud database adoption.

Government cloud support through Oracle Interconnect for Google Cloud unlocks significant public sector opportunities, where specialized compliance requirements often create implementation barriers. The planned expansion to 11 new regions and doubled capacity in key locations indicates strong customer demand while addressing data sovereignty and latency requirements.

This partnership creates a compelling competitive position against AWS and Azure by combining Oracle's database technology leadership with Google's infrastructure capabilities and marketplace reach - offering enterprises genuine architectural choices without typical multi-cloud complexity penalties.

Enterprise IT Consultant

For organizations navigating complex infrastructure decisions, this expanded Oracle-Google partnership delivers immediate practical benefits. The partner program addresses a critical friction point by enabling purchases through trusted advisors while maintaining consolidated billing through Google Cloud Marketplace - particularly valuable for enterprises with established systems integrator relationships.

The Oracle Base Database Service offers compelling advantages for mid-market organizations by providing automated database lifecycle management, low-code application development capabilities, and independently scalable compute/storage with pay-as-you-go pricing. This effectively lowers both technical barriers and financial commitments required for Oracle database adoption.

For public sector customers, Oracle Interconnect for Google Cloud support for U.S. Government regions creates secure, high-bandwidth connectivity between environments that previously required complex workarounds. The ability to integrate government applications with Oracle database services while maintaining compliance creates implementation pathways for previously challenging use cases.

The regional expansion directly addresses data residency requirements in regulated industries while supporting lower-latency access for distributed operations. Most critically, organizations gain architectural flexibility to distribute workloads optimally across platforms without sacrificing performance or integrated management - providing genuine choice without typical multi-cloud complexity penalties.

Oracle Database@Google Cloud is planned to be available through Oracle and Google Cloud partners for the first time

Oracle Base Database Service is coming soon in limited preview

Oracle Exadata X11M support and Oracle Interconnect for Google Cloud support for Oracle U.S. Government Cloud now available

AUSTIN, Texas and SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Oracle and Google Cloud today announced plans for an industry-first partner program and the planned availability of Oracle Base Database Service on Oracle Database@Google Cloud, as well as expanded capabilities and additional regions. The new partner program is designed to enable Oracle and Google Cloud partners to offer Oracle Database@Google Cloud to their customers. In addition, Oracle Database@Google Cloud now supports Oracle Exadata X11M, and for Oracle U.S. Government Cloud customers, Oracle Interconnect for Google Cloud is available. Finally, 11 new regions are planned within the next 12 months to help meet growing customer demand for Oracle Database@Google Cloud.

"Banco Actinver is committed to providing innovative financial solutions to our clients," said Jorge Fernandez, CIO, Banco Actinver. "By combining the security and performance of Oracle Database with Google Cloud's data analytics and AI tools, we're gaining deeper insights into market trends, enhancing our services, and delivering personalized experiences to our customers."

"We continue to expand our partnership with Google Cloud to help meet the growing demand from organizations across the world," said Karan Batta, senior vice president, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. "The upcoming reseller program for Oracle Database@Google Cloud is not only a first for us, but also for the multicloud market overall. Oracle Base Database Service on Oracle Database@Google Cloud will be another milestone in our partnership. It provides automated database lifecycle management, low-code application development, and independently scalable compute and storage resources with pay-as-you-go pricing."

"Oracle and Google Cloud's collaboration on Oracle Database@Google Cloud has always placed our joint customers' needs at the forefront," said Andi Gutmans, vice president and general manager of databases, Google Cloud. "The availability of Oracle Base Database Service will further help customers cost-effectively accelerate their cloud migrations with the technical strengths business-critical workloads require. In addition, offering Oracle Database@Google Cloud through our marketplace reflects our commitment to partners and ensures we continue to provide our customers with the utmost flexibility."

New Oracle Database@Google Cloud Partner Program
For the first time, Google Cloud and Oracle partners will have the ability to purchase Oracle Database@Google Cloud from the Google Cloud Marketplace via a private offer and resell it to their customers. In addition, technology partners can soon be able to include Oracle Database@Google Cloud in their solutions and services offerings. Available within the next 12 months, the new partner program is planned to be open to partners that are members of both the Google Cloud Partner Advantage program and the Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN). Transactions will occur through Google Cloud Marketplace and only Google Cloud credits can apply.

Many of Oracle and Google Cloud's joint customers already purchase cloud services through trusted partners. The upcoming reseller program is designed to help organizations identify and execute on the most valuable emerging use cases for their needs with innovative multicloud solutions such as Oracle Database@Google Cloud.

"As a leading technology provider, our clients trust us to bring them the very best solutions," said Jack French, senior director, Cloud Global Solutions and Architecture, World Wide Technology. "Oracle's innovations with multicloud enable clients to have more flexibility and choice in the cloud. We are excited that Oracle Database@Google Cloud will be available from trusted providers like WWT. This will be an important capability as we help our clients and partners realize their AI-related goals."

New Oracle Database@Google Cloud Capabilities and Regions
Oracle and Google Cloud plan to add service and platform enhancements as well as new regions to support growing customer demand for Oracle Database@Google Cloud:

• Oracle Exadata Database Service on Dedicated Infrastructure now supports Oracle Exadata X11M: Oracle Exadata Database Service on Dedicated Infrastructure now has support for Oracle Exadata X11M to help deliver significant performance improvements across AI, analytics, and online transaction processing (OLTP) compared to the previous generation. Customers also have the choice and flexibility to run Oracle Database on Exadata X11M's architecture across on-premises, hybrid cloud, public cloud, and multicloud environments. In addition, to help customers create billing and resource usage isolation across multiple departments and teams, Exadata Infrastructure can now be deployed in a different Google Cloud project from its associated virtual machine clusters.
• Oracle Interconnect for Google Cloud is now available to Oracle U.S. Government customers: This enables U.S. Government customers to set up scalable, high-bandwidth connectivity between Oracle U.S. Government Cloud East (Ashburn) and Google Cloud for U.S. Government Virginia (Ashburn) regions within minutes. In addition, customers can integrate government applications deployed in Google Cloud with Oracle Autonomous Database and Oracle Exadata Database Service in the Oracle U.S. Government Cloud, as well as take advantage of unique services from each hyperscaler.
• Oracle Base Database Service is coming soon in limited preview: To give customers more options for their workloads, Oracle Base Database Service in Oracle Database@Google Cloud will be available in the future. Base Database Service will run Oracle Database Enterprise Edition and Standard Edition 2 versions of Oracle Database 19c and 23ai on virtual machines. It will provide automated database lifecycle management that helps reduce administration, built-in low-code application development that can accelerate new application deployment, and independently scalable compute and storage resources with pay-as-you-go pricing to help meet the needs of changing workload demands.
• Oracle Database@Google Cloud adds Melbourne, Sydney, and Turin to planned availability: To offer customers additional deployment options, Oracle and Google Cloud are adding Australia-Southeast2 (Melbourne), Australia-Southeast1 (Sydney) and Europe-West12 (Turin) to their planned regional availability roadmap. Regional availability planned within the next 12 months includes Asia-Northeast 1 (Tokyo), Asia-Northeast 2 (Osaka), Asia-South 1 (Mumbai), Asia-South 2 (Delhi), Australia-Southeast1 (Sydney), Australia-Southeast2 (Melbourne), Europe-West12 (Turin), North America-Northeast 1 (Montreal), North America-Northeast 2 (Toronto), South America-East 1 (São Paulo), and U.S. Central 1 (Iowa). To help meet growing customer demand, datacenter capacity is planned to be doubled in regions including London, Frankfurt, and Ashburn within the next 12 months. The new regions and expanded capacity are in addition to the available Google Cloud regions across U.S. East (Ashburn), U.S. West (Salt Lake City), U.K. South (London), and Germany Central (Frankfurt).

Additional Resources

• Learn more about the new Oracle Database@Google Cloud partner program
• Learn more about Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Oracle Database@Google Cloud
• Learn more about OCI's distributed cloud
• Learn more about Oracle Database services, Oracle Autonomous Database, Oracle Exadata Database Service and Oracle Base Database Service
• Learn more about Oracle on Google Cloud

About Oracle Distributed Cloud
Oracle's distributed cloud delivers the benefits of cloud with greater control and flexibility. Oracle's distributed cloud lineup includes:

• Public cloud: Hyperscale public cloud regions serve any size of organization, including those requiring strict EU sovereignty controls. See the full list of regions here.
• Dedicated cloud: Customers can run all OCI cloud services in their own data centers with OCI Dedicated Region, while partners can resell OCI cloud services and customize the experience using Oracle Alloy. Oracle also operates separate U.S., UK, and Australian Government Clouds, and Isolated Cloud Regions for national security purposes. Each of these products provide a full cloud and AI stack that customers can deploy as a Sovereign Cloud.
• Hybrid cloud: OCI delivers key cloud services on-premises via Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer and Compute Cloud@Customer and is already managing deployments in over 60 countries. Additionally, OCI Roving Edge Infrastructure, which consists of multiple configurations of ruggedized and portable high-performance devices, helps customers leverage remote AI inferencing at the edge. 
• Multicloud: OCI is physically deployed within all the hyperscale cloud providers, including AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure, providing low latency, natively integrated Oracle Database services, including Oracle Database@AWS, Oracle Database@Azure, Oracle Database@Google Cloud; and Oracle HeatWave on AWS and Microsoft Azure. Oracle Interconnect for Microsoft Azure and Oracle Interconnect for Google Cloud allows customers to combine key capabilities from across clouds.

About Oracle
Oracle offers integrated suites of applications plus secure, autonomous infrastructure in the Oracle Cloud. For more information about Oracle (NYSE: ORCL), please visit us at www.oracle.com.

About Google Cloud
Google Cloud is the new way to the cloud, providing AI, infrastructure, developer, data, security, and collaboration tools built for today and tomorrow. Google Cloud offers a powerful, fully integrated and optimized AI stack with its own planet-scale infrastructure, custom-built chips, generative AI models and development platform, as well as AI-powered applications, to help organizations transform. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted technology partner.

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FAQ

What new features are included in Oracle Database@Google Cloud's latest announcement?

The announcement includes Oracle Base Database Service preview, Exadata X11M support, Oracle Interconnect for U.S. Government Cloud, and expansion to 11 new regions.

When will Oracle's new partner program for Google Cloud be available?

The new partner program will be available within the next 12 months for members of both Google Cloud Partner Advantage and Oracle PartnerNetwork.

Which new regions will Oracle Database@Google Cloud expand to?

New regions include Melbourne, Sydney, Turin, Tokyo, Osaka, Mumbai, Delhi, Montreal, Toronto, São Paulo, and Iowa.

How can partners purchase Oracle Database@Google Cloud?

Partners can purchase through Google Cloud Marketplace via private offer, using Google Cloud credits only.

What benefits does Oracle Base Database Service provide on Google Cloud?

It offers automated database lifecycle management, low-code application development, and scalable compute and storage with pay-as-you-go pricing.