Oracle, the third-largest software company in the world, on Wednesday announced plans to invest more than $8 billion over the next 10 years in Japan.

The company said that the investment would meet the growing demand for cloud computing and AI infrastructure in the country, with a specific focus on growing Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s (OCI) footprint across Japan and expanding its operations and support engineering teams with Japan-based personnel.

Oracle said that it plans to increase local customer support of its public cloud regions in Tokyo and Osaka and its local operations teams for Oracle Alloy and OCI Dedicated Region.

The company said that these launches would enable governments and businesses across Japan to move their mission-critical workloads to the Oracle Cloud and “embrace sovereign AI solutions”.

Commenting on the announcement, Toshimitsu Misawa, member of the board, corporate executive officer and president, Oracle Corporation Japan, said: “We are dedicated to meeting our customers and partners where they are in their cloud journey.

“By growing our cloud footprint and providing a team to support sovereign operations in Japan, we are giving our customers and partners the opportunity to innovate with AI and other cloud services while supporting their regulatory and sovereignty requirements.”

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