Oracle to invest $3 billion in AI, cloud expansion in Germany, Netherlands
The cloud service provider plans to allocate $2 billion to Germany and $1 billion to the Netherlands.
Major technology firms have poured tens of billions of dollars into developing AI infrastructure following the success of OpenAI's ChatGPT.
Oracle, whose cloud offerings support companies in building AI infrastructure, has seen its shares surge about 38 per cent so far this year.
In June, the company raised its annual revenue forecast, driven by strong demand for its AI-related cloud services.
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