Google TPUs Are Coming to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Starting in 2027

At a glance

Oracle and Google Cloud agreed to offer Google's AI-dedicated chip, the TPU, through Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Google plans to place TPU capacity in OCI starting in 2027. OCI will be the first major cloud provider other than Google to offer TPUs.

Key points

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   TPU is Google's custom chip specialized for AI calculations.

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   TorchTPU, a PyTorch (a tool widely used in AI development) stack for TPUs, has been released as open source.

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   Companies can refine and run AI models near Oracle databases without moving their data to another cloud.

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   Because GPUs and TPUs can be used together, customers can choose the chip that fits each task's cost and performance.

Why it matters

As demand for AI computing grows, companies gain more chip and cloud options. If the same AI code can run across multiple clouds, it could affect costs and development speed.