Oracle brings Database@Google Cloud service to Canada

Oracle has launched Oracle Database@Google Cloud in Canada, extending its multicloud database service to customers in the Montreal and Toronto Google Cloud regions.

The move allows organisations in Canada to run several Oracle database services on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure while keeping workloads within local Google Cloud regions. The services run in the North America-Northeast 1 region in Montreal and the new North America-Northeast 2 region in Toronto.

Oracle said customers in Canada can now use Oracle Exadata Database Service on Dedicated Infrastructure, Oracle Autonomous AI Database, and Oracle Autonomous AI Lakehouse in these regions.

The services run on OCI infrastructure that is deployed inside Google Cloud data centres. Customers access the databases from within their chosen Google Cloud region.

Oracle said this approach helps organisations keep data in-region and meet data sovereignty and compliance requirements in regulated sectors such as financial services, healthcare, and the public sector.

The launch also marks the start of a reseller model in Canada. Google Cloud and Oracle partners can sell Oracle Database@Google Cloud through the Google Cloud Marketplace and integrate it into their own solutions.

Partners can route procurement through the marketplace and apply existing Google Cloud spend commitments. Customers can buy from their existing partners instead of signing separate contracts with each vendor.

Multicloud focus

Oracle and Google Cloud are pitching the service at organisations that run multicloud architectures. Many large companies run core transactional systems on Oracle databases and use Google Cloud for analytics and AI.

Oracle Database@Google Cloud connects those environments over low-latency links. It also offers direct integrations with Google services such as BigQuery, Vertex AI and Gemini models.

"As more organizations in Canada embrace multicloud architectures, Oracle Database@Google Cloud provides the industry-leading reliability and performance that is required," said Vijay Bangaru, vice president, Multicloud, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

"For example, customers in Canada can now benefit from seamless integration of Oracle AI Database with Google Cloud's powerful AI and analytics tools, all while helping meet Canada's data sovereignty requirements."

Google Cloud framed the launch as part of wider AI and cloud modernisation projects among Canadian customers.

"By combining Oracle's database leadership with Google Cloud's AI capabilities, Oracle Database@Google Cloud empowers organizations across Canada to accelerate IT modernization, realize AI's value, and innovate confidently in a multicloud environment," said Farsad Nasseri, country managing director, Google Cloud Canada. "This launch enables customers to advance their cloud strategies and create next-generation multicloud solutions."

Service line-up

The first services available in Canada span transactional, analytical, and recovery workloads.

Oracle Exadata Database Service on Dedicated Infrastructure runs on Oracle Exadata X11M systems and uses Oracle Real Application Clusters. It targets demanding workloads across AI, analytics, and online transaction processing.

Oracle Autonomous AI Database is a fully managed database. It uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to automate tasks such as patching, provisioning, monitoring, scaling, tuning, backups, and indexing.

Oracle said the autonomous database includes automatic threat detection and remediation features. It also cited a proven scale figure of more than 48 billion queries per hour and built-in AI functions.

Oracle Autonomous AI Lakehouse combines Oracle AI Database 26ai, Oracle Exadata, and Oracle Autonomous AI Database with the Apache Iceberg open table format. The service is aimed at organisation-wide AI and analytics projects that span structured and unstructured data.

The lakehouse integrates with other data platforms such as Google BigQuery and BigLake. Google Cloud users can apply Gemini models and the Vertex AI platform to data whether it sits on Oracle systems or Google Cloud services.

Oracle AI Database 26ai introduces Oracle AI Vector Search and JSON Relational Duality Views. Oracle said these features support retrieval of documents, images, video, audio, and structured data through a unified vector and hybrid search approach.

JSON Relational Duality Views let developers work with JSON and relational data models against the same underlying data. Developers can build applications that use either model without replicating data.

Oracle Database Zero Data Loss Autonomous Recovery Service is also part of the portfolio. The service protects transactions in real time and supports recovery of business-critical data to within less than a second of an outage or ransomware attack.

It uses daily virtualised full backups with an incremental-forever model, which removes the need for weekly full backups. Backups are validated automatically and stored under policy-controlled immutability settings.

Partner programme

The new Oracle Database@Google Cloud partner programme is now open in Canada. It covers partners that are members of both the Google Cloud Partner Advantage programme and Oracle PartnerNetwork.

These partners can purchase Oracle Database@Google Cloud through private offers on the Google Cloud Marketplace. They can then resell it to customers and integrate it into managed services or solution bundles.

Oracle said partners can use their existing Google Cloud financial commitments as part of these deals. The company expects demand from customers that want modern multicloud architectures.

Deloitte Canada is one of the alliance partners. "Leveraging the combined strengths of Oracle and Google Cloud, we're helping organizations in Canada create flexible, enterprise-grade foundations for innovation," said Karin Wiens, lead alliance partner, Google Cloud, Deloitte Canada. "Oracle Database@Google Cloud provides timely opportunities to move faster and harness technology across multicloud environments."

Global expansion

Oracle Database@Google Cloud is now generally available in 12 Google Cloud regions worldwide. These include Montreal, Tokyo, Mumbai, Sydney, Melbourne, Frankfurt, São Paulo, London, Iowa, Ashburn, Salt Lake City, and Toronto.

Oracle has added five cloud regions to its public roadmap for the service. The new planned locations are Dammam, Madrid, Paris, Santiago, and Seoul.

In total, Oracle now plans Oracle Database@Google Cloud in 10 additional regions over the next 12 months. The company expects growing customer demand in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas as enterprises standardise on multicloud strategies.