- Oracle is laying off a "large number" of workers around the world
- India is heavily impacted according to reports
- Teams facing cuts are OCI Enterprise Engineering, Fusion ERP, data center, AI/ML and OCI AI
Oracle is laying off a "large number" of workers around the world, with Indian operations "believed to be heavily impacted," according to a report on Data Center Dynamics.
Impacted teams include Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Enterprise Engineering division, Fusion ERP, data center operations, technical project managers for AI/ML and the broader OCI AI team, according to the report.
"While the US and India are the first to be hit, workers in other regions report unspecified manager meetings later in the week, suggesting that local cuts could be on their way," according to Data Center Dynamics. OCI laid off several hundred workers in November, and the company let go of thousands more in a broader layoff in March. Meanwhile, Oracle is "aggressively hiring" for AI data center expansion, core to OpenAI's Stargate initiative. OpenAI signed a $30 billion annual deal with Oracle earlier this year. And the cloud provider also won major cloud contracts from TikTok and Temu.
The layoffs are "the latest company taking steps to control costs amid heavy spending on AI infrastructure," according to Bloomberg..
Microsoft cut 15,000 roles this year, and Amazon and Meta have also made cuts, Bloomberg reported.
Update: Fierce Network reached out to Oracle but had not replied by Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025.