India, Oct. 15 -- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) will deploy 50,000 graphics processing units (GPUs) from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) starting in the second half of 2026, marking one of the largest single-cloud GPU deployments to date. The decision highlights a broader shift among hyperscalers to adopt AMD's GPU offerings as an alternative to Nvidia's widely used chips for artificial intelligence workloads.

Announcing this at the Oracle AI World in Las Vegas, the company said that OCI will be the first hyperscaler to offer a publicly available AI supercluster based on AMD Instinct MI450 Series GPUs. The initial deployment is planned for the third quarter of 2026, with further expansion in 2027.

The announcement extends Oracle's ongo...