Oracle Opens a Cloud Region in Casablanca as Morocco Enters the Hyperscale Map
A second region in Settat remains on the table as Oracle builds out in-country resilience
Oracle has gone live with its Casablanca cloud region, becoming the first hyperscaler to operate a full public cloud region in North Africa. The deployment, hosted in partnership with N+ONE Datacentres, gives organisations in Morocco local access to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for computing, analytics and artificial intelligence workloads.
The launch introduces in-country infrastructure for businesses that have historically relied on European regions for cloud services.
The Casablanca region is expected to ease how organisations handle data residency requirements, particularly in regulated sectors such as finance and government. Keeping data within national borders simplifies compliance processes and reduces reliance on cross-border data transfers.
Local infrastructure also improves application responsiveness for users in Morocco and across the wider Maghreb, where latency has been a constraint for real-time services.
The Casablanca deployment aligns with Morocco’s “Digital Morocco 2030” programme, which aims to expand national digital infrastructure and attract technology investment.
Morocco’s position between Africa, Europe and the Middle East has made it a strategic location for cloud providers looking to serve multiple markets from a single geography.
Oracle’s presence in Africa now extends across three key locations. The company launched its first cloud region in Johannesburg in January 2022, followed by Casablanca in April 2026.
A third region is under development in Nairobi, where Oracle announced plans in 2024 to establish local cloud infrastructure as part of its East African expansion.
In Kenya, Oracle’s planned region is part of a broader buildout of digital infrastructure. The project has been linked to iXAfrica’s N1 campus along Mombasa Road, though final deployment specifications remain subject to official confirmation.
Other cloud providers have already established a presence in the market using different models. Amazon Web Services operates a Local Zone in Nairobi, launched in 2022, providing low-latency access to services linked to its South Africa region.
Microsoft is working with G42 on a sovereign cloud initiative tied to energy-efficient infrastructure development, while Google Cloud maintains edge nodes that support content delivery and enterprise services.
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