Oracle has opened a new data centre based in Thames Valley, as part of a move to support the UK governments G-Cloud.

The new data centre will be specifically focused on providing services to the government‘s G-Cloud procurement framework.

The new datacentre is the second Oracle site in the UK, with a general-purpose site located in Linlithgow, Scotland.

The Thames Valley based centre will be designed to support SMEs, a requirement of the government stipulations surrounding the operation of G-Cloud services.

Oracle president, Mark Hurd, said: “We are delighted to bring our technology, applications and experience to the initiative and to make significant investments in the new data centre and infrastructure that will be dedicated to the UK Government's G-Cloud initiative."

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