Oracle partners with Airtel data centre unit in boost for cloud business

Cloud service provider Oracle on Wednesday said it was partnering with Indian telecoms group Bharti Airtel’s data centre unit in an expansion push that will widen the U.S. company’s customer access in one of its fastest-growing markets.

The partnership with Airtel Nxtra will help Oracle, which runs a cloud region in financial capital of Mumbai and another in the southern tech hub of Hyderabad, expand the capacity of its India West region, said Garrett Ilg, President, Oracle Japan and Asia Pacific.

“When we bring a company like Airtel into the conversation they have these relationships with customers … and that will help us get to that customer base way faster, with way more trust and most importantly with way less risk,” Ilg told Reuters.