Oracle will expand its global network of data centres, particularly in India owing to demand from various customers, said Jenny Tsai, Senior Vice President, Overall Database Product Management, Oracle. Stating that it’s a big investment for the company, Tsai talked about the need to expand to meet the rapidly growing demand for artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud services.
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How are Indian clients responding to Oracle Database 23ai?
We’ve seen high adoption in BFSI, telecom, manufacturing and public sectors — as customers look for secure, scalable, and performance-optimised ways to operationalise AI. We have many financial services customers who are very excited about the features — that we support AI solutions. Many of them are looking at productivity solutions using AI and the features in Oracle Database. The other use case is improved customer experience. Financial services customers are using these features to essentially help their customers use their interface more effectively and get response to their questions much more quickly.
Data sovereignty has become an important topic for nearly every country. Considering that, are you thinking of, maybe, expanding data centres in India?
Absolutely. We are rapidly expanding our global network of data centres, even in India, because we have such demand from various customers. So, we’re building more data centres — it’s a big investment on our part, but we see that as both the present and the future for our business, and also for our customers. The numbers may vary but we are expanding quite rapidly to meet the growing demand for AI and cloud services globally.
Anything specific to the Indian market?
Yes, we are seeing a lot of momentum in India beyond just our data centre expansion. One interesting trend is that many of our customers who have traditionally used the Oracle Database to store and manage their data are now exploring ways to transform their homegrown applications into SaaS offerings. This is opening up entirely new business models, where they can offer industry-specific solutions to other organisations. We have a strong base of over 5,000 customers and more than 550 partners in India. Among them are many independent software vendors, who are building on Oracle APEX — our low-code development platform that’s free to use for Oracle Database customers. APEX enables rapid application development, and it’s empowering ISVs to bring their solutions to market faster and more efficiently.
What are Oracle’s plans for rest of the year?
Our biggest annual event, Oracle CloudWorld, is happening this October in Las Vegas. That’s where we’ll be making several key announcements, and AI will be a major focus. One of the emerging areas generating a lot of interest is Agentic AI. While most people are now familiar with Generative AI — like intelligent chatbots or tools that summarise documents — Agentic AI takes things a step further. At Oracle, we’re focused on supporting this next phase of AI through our integrated technology stack, especially within Oracle Database. At CloudWorld, you’ll hear more about how we’re enabling Agentic AI with secure, high-performance data infrastructure that’s designed for the enterprise.
There’s been a lot of churn in India’s IT sector. As an experienced person in the tech space at Oracle, what are some of the new tech skills people should have in the back of their pocket?
I encourage people to actively use these technologies. Become a user of Generative AI — it’s quite accessible. You can create a free account on platforms like OpenAI, or explore tools from providers like Oracle, Google, and others. For example, even when you use Google Search today, much of the information is being powered by Gemini. Also, acquire new skills. Oracle offers free certifications to help organizations better manage and maximize how users run their application portfolio and mission-critical workloads.
Published on August 7, 2025
