US-based software giant Oracle plans to invest more than $6.5 billion to open a public cloud region in Malaysia, looking to meet the rapidly growing demand for its artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud services in the country. The planned Malaysia expansion would extend Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) in the Asia-Pacific region to 12 public cloud regions, Oracle said in a press release on Wednesday. The Malaysia cloud region will include 150+ infrastructure and software as a service (SaaS) services and help boost the country’s digital economy and drive AI-fuelled innovation, Oracle said. “R…