Oracle (ORCL) Stock Climbs 4% — Here’s the AWS Deal Driving the Move

TLDR

• Oracle stock rose around 4% Thursday after announcing an expanded multicloud networking deal with AWS.
• The partnership connects Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and AWS Interconnect–multicloud for high-speed, private data and app transfers.
• Customers can run full or split-stack multicloud deployments without managing separate network providers.
• The new connectivity launches later this year in AWS’s US East (N. Virginia) region.
• The news builds on Oracle’s existing AI Database@AWS offering and follows a strong Q3 earnings beat in March.

Oracle and Amazon Web Services are deepening their cloud partnership, and investors took notice.

Oracle stock climbed roughly 4% Thursday morning, lifted by a combination of broad tech sector strength and a fresh multicloud networking deal with AWS.

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The two companies plan to connect Oracle Interconnect and AWS Interconnect–multicloud. This will give customers private, high-speed links between Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and AWS.

The goal is simple: let businesses run applications and move data between the two clouds without juggling multiple network providers or dealing with complex data replication setups.

Oracle executive Nathan Thomas, SVP of product management at OCI, said the connectivity will help customers “unlock flexibility, agility, and performance across clouds.”

What the Deal Actually Does

The new setup supports both full and split-stack multicloud deployments. That means companies can lean into one cloud for some workloads and another for the rest — without needing to install physical network hardware.

Oracle says it will also help customers “accelerate AI modernization while meeting operational flexibility.” The generative AI angle is front and center here.

The partnership is an extension of Oracle AI Database@AWS, which already lets customers run Oracle AI Database workloads inside AWS with the same architecture and performance as on-premises.

Oracle has built out interconnect capabilities across 26 partner cloud regions to date.

The new OCI-to-AWS connectivity is set to go live later this year, starting in the AWS US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 region.

Strong Earnings Already in the Rearview

This deal didn’t come out of nowhere. Oracle has been on a roll.

In March, the company reported fiscal Q3 results that topped Wall Street estimates. Cloud revenue — covering both infrastructure and applications — hit $8.9 billion, up 44% year-over-year.

That beat the consensus estimate of $8.84 billion.

Oracle is led by co-CEOs Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia. The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Amazon stock was little changed Thursday, slipping 0.21% on the day.

The new Oracle-AWS connectivity feature is expected to launch in the second half of 2025.

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