Oracle will offer Google's TPUs on its cloud from 2027, which the two call the first time Google's chips are offered on a hyperscale cloud outside Google

Oracle and Google announced at Oracle AI World in Las Vegas on 27 October that Google's Tensor Processing Units will be offered on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). The release says: “Google TPUs on OCI will be available in calendar year 2027, ramping over a multi-year period to meet customer needs.” The chips are Google's eighth generation: TPU 8t for training and TPU 8i for inference. OCI will provide the power, cooling and data-centre networking.

The companies describe it as “the first time Google TPUs will be offered on a hyperscale cloud platform outside Google”. Until now, customers who wanted Google's AI chips had to rent them through Google Cloud. The release gives no capacity, no prices and no named customers.

Mahesh Thiagarajan, president of OCI, says: “Bringing Google TPUs to OCI gives customers access to multiple leading AI compute architectures in one cloud.” Google's Amin Vahdat says the next generation of AI will need a diverse range of compute.

For Oracle's cloud customers, it adds another kind of AI chip to choose from. For Google, it is a new route for its chips to reach customers that do not use Google Cloud. The release does not say how the two will share revenue.

• Confirmed Google TPUs on OCI will be available in calendar year 2027, ramping over several years; the chips are TPU 8t and TPU 8i. Oracle and Google, via PR Newswire
• Claimed It is the first time Google TPUs will be offered on a hyperscale cloud platform outside Google. Oracle and Google, via PR Newswire