Oracle Said to Move Ahead With Cloud Services Plan in Indonesia
The American tech giant will lease DayOne's data centers located at Nongsa Digital Park on the Indonesian island of Batam, according to the people, who asked not to be identified discussing information that's private. Oracle will be the sole tenant at DayOne plots that could support facilities with at least 120 megawatts of power, they said.
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