Singapore-based Oracle AI Centre of Excellence to serve as a regional hub of expertise to help organizations successfully adopt the latest AI innovations
SINGAPORE, March 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Oracle CloudWorld Tour — Oracle today announced the launch of its AI Centre of Excellence in Singapore to help organizations keep pace with the rapid advancements in AI. The Oracle AI Centre of Excellence will serve as a resource and hub for innovation and collaboration, bringing together leaders at the forefront of AI to drive AI adoption and success across Southeast Asia.
“To remain economically competitive, we need to build an agile and adaptable workforce that is equipped to leverage new technology effectively. The new Oracle AI Centre for Excellence is a good example of how businesses can take the lead in workforce transformation, empowering our workers to become future-ready,” said Dr Tan See Leng, Minister for Manpower and Second Minister for Trade and Industry, Singapore.
“AI will fuel the next wave of opportunity and growth,” said Garrett Ilg, executive vice president, Oracle, Japan & Asia Pacific. “The Oracle AI Centre of Excellence will empower individuals and organizations of all sizes across Southeast Asia with cutting-edge cloud and AI technologies, world-class training, and a dynamic environment for experimentation and innovation. It further strengthens our commitment to train thousands of students and professionals in Singapore and provide readily-available digital talent for the local workforce.”
The Oracle AI Centre of Excellence builds on Oracle’s extensive history of supporting governments and enterprises in Southeast Asia. Established as part of the Oracle Solution Center, a flagship program featuring state-of-the-art systems, cutting-edge technology, and customer-experience sites worldwide, the Oracle AI Centre of Excellence offers both a digital and physical environment, equipped with the latest cloud and AI technologies.
Supported by a dedicated team of Oracle experts and a diverse network of partners, the Centre is designed to help organizations train teams, experiment in secure cloud environments, and provide the knowledge needed to transform critical business operations.
Training: Provides organizations access to training sessions and certifications on the latest cloud and AI technologies, led by Oracle University and ecosystem partners. This initiative supports Oracle’s commitment to equip 10,000 students and professionals in Singapore with the latest digital technologies skills by 2027.Experimentation: Enables organizations to test early-stage AI innovations in secure cloud environments to address their biggest business challenges. Using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, organizations can explore autonomous AI, AI-powered analytics, generative AI, machine learning, and AI agents across multiple industries including public sector, healthcare, financial services, and telecommunications.Transformation: Enables organizations to conduct proof-of-concept projects and lay the foundation for full-scale implementation by allowing them to pilot AI initiatives to test the feasibility and potential benefits.Rapid Implementation: Enables organizations to quickly adopt new predictive, generative, and agentic AI features embedded in finance, HR, supply chain, sales, service, and marketing workflows. With Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications Suite‘s integrated AI use cases, organizations can increase productivity, reduce costs, expand insights, and improve employee and customer experience.
Oracle AI Centre of Excellence ecosystem partners currently include:
Accenture, a leading global professional services company, will leverage its Oracle technology and industry expertise to help Southeast Asia healthcare and public sector organizations prototype and scale solutions in a sovereign AI cloud environment to enhance compliance, strengthen data security, and drive AI-powered innovation.Deloitte, one of the world’s largest professional services organisations, will help enterprises across Southeast Asia drive measurable value throughout their Oracle AI journey, with a regional priority on the financial services and consumer industries. Deloitte will support clients with a full stack of services, from AI adoption of embedded Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications Suite and AI agents to full-service AI Factory as a Service.Digital Realty, a leading global provider of data center, colocation, and interconnection solutions, is partnering with Oracle to support enterprises globally with cloud-adjacent colocation of private cloud and AI infrastructure, high-density colocation to support AI workloads, and optimized multi-cloud connectivity across PlatformDIGITAL®, a global datacenter platform of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros and 25+ countries on six continents.NCS, a leading pan-APAC technology services company, will help organisations transform their AI proof of concepts to real world deployment.NTUC LearningHub, Singapore’s leading continuing education and training provider, will work together with Oracle University to support the digital upskilling of local enterprises in the latest cloud and AI technologies.PwC, one of the world’s leading professional services networks, helps enterprises in various sectors, including manufacturing and supply chain, across Southeast Asia leverage Oracle Cloud to improve decision-making, reduce costs, and accelerate business growth through AI use cases and proof-of-concepts.ST Engineering, a global technology, defense and engineering group, will implement AI-based solutions for Critical Information Infrastructure (CII) systems to secure and enhance operational effectiveness and efficiency, as well as introduce comprehensive measures to safeguard AI systems and ensure their security, privacy and resilience against malicious cyber threats.
This collaboration with partners in the AI Centre of Excellence – along with Oracle’s newly enhanced partner program – reflects Oracle’s commitment to driving greater joint customer success and business momentum.
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