The second Chile region will be in the Valparaíso Region alongside the existing region in Santiago. Credit: IDG Oracle on Wednesday said it is opening a second cloud region in Chile as part of ongoing efforts to expand its global cloud footprint to compete with the larger rivals including AWS, Microsoft, and Google. The second region will be based in the Valparaíso Region alongside the existing region in Santiago, the company said, adding that the new region will bolster its efforts to address business continuity while complying with data residency and sovereignty regulations. The new region at Valparaíso will offer almost all Oracle services, Oracle Autonomous Database, MySQL HeatWave Database Service, Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes, Oracle Cloud VMware Solution, and AI infrastructure. The commencement of operations at the second region takes Oracle’s data center count to 48 globally and in South America to five regions, including Sao Paulo and Vinhedo in Brazil, Bogota in Colombia, and the two regions in Chile.In contrast, Google has two cloud regions in South America — Santiago, Chile, and Sao Paulo, Brazil.AWS has a cloud region in Sao Paulo, which has three availability zones. The cloud services provider also has 11 edge locations across South America.Availability zones are the building blocks of an AWS region that place infrastructure independent of each other in separate and distinct geographic locations. On the other hand, AWS edge locations are data centers, which are strategically placed to decrease latency and provide a smaller subset of AWS services. AWS, too, is planning a region in Chile.Microsoft is yet to open a cloud region in Chile but according to its website, it is in the works. It has a cloud region in Sao Paulo, Brazil. IBM, too, has a cloud region in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Earlier in September, Oracle had announced the launch of a second region in Mexico, before launching a second cloud region in Singapore in April and a new region in Serbia in March. Related content feature Essential skills and traits of chief AI officers CAIOs require a multidimensional skill set to drive innovation, establish and lead an AI-ready culture, and create tangible organizational results leveraging a complex and rapidly evolving technology. By David Weldon May 09, 2024 9 mins Artificial Intelligence IT Leadership interview Strong CIO-CISO relations fuel success at Ally CIO Sathish Muthukrishnan and CISO Donna Hart have forged a partnership steeped in Ally’s culture of radical candor that keeps the financial services firm secure and innovative. By Dan Roberts May 09, 2024 12 mins CIO CSO and CISO IT Leadership case study How being cloud smart fosters growth at Saab Fuelled by global turbulence and increasing defense budgets, Swedish defense group Saab is meeting high demand by integrating efforts to become more software-driven, and central to managing it all is CIO Annette Eriksson. By Karin Lindström May 09, 2024 5 mins CIO Aerospace and Defense Industry Cloud Architecture opinion Where’s the ROAI? The Return on Investment for AI is in the use cases By Chris Selland May 08, 2024 4 mins ROI and Metrics Artificial Intelligence PODCASTS VIDEOS RESOURCES EVENTS SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe