Zhi Tong Cai Jing·2025-10-09 15:27Core Viewpoint - Oracle (ORCL.US) shares rose nearly 4% to $299.19 following the announcement of a large-scale collaboration with SoftBank Group to provide sovereign cloud computing and AI training/inference services in Japan [1] Group 1: Partnership Details - Oracle and SoftBank will jointly launch a new Cloud PF Type A, a proprietary cloud computing and AI computing platform supported by Oracle Alloy for the Japanese market [1] - The AI training/inference services platform is expected to be rolled out in phases, with a launch planned for April 2026 at a large data center in eastern Japan, followed by another launch in October 2026 at a large data center in western Japan [1] Group 2: Service Offerings - Through Oracle Alloy, SoftBank will provide access to over 200 cloud-based AI computing services and cloud computing services based on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to its extensive customer base in Japan [1]