Larry Ellson, 3 years older than me, seems to own my private data. Guess no-one bothered to ask me if I approved of that, but then, maybe to them, I am just a number:
Cash-strapped NHS trusts hand former PM Tony Blair’s tech pal Larry Ellison £1.5bn contract
Contracts worth £3 billion to create digital health records have been awarded to two US tech giants despite lower offers from UK-based suppliers, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
The news comes as the US starts a global trade war that could plunge Britain into recession and amid claims the NHS is wasting taxpayers’ money on expensive foreign IT systems instead of buying British.
The Government last month abolished NHS England – described by Ministers as the ‘biggest quango in the world’ – in a bid to cut costs and curb red tape as it tries to mend the public finances. It has also introduced laws to make people’s medical records available online across all NHS hospitals, GP surgeries and ambulance services in England to deliver better care for patients.
One of the US giants involved in the expansion of electronic patient records (EPRs) is Oracle, whose founder Larry Ellison is the world’s fourth-richest man.
Software magnate Larry Ellison is a leading contributor to the policy institute built by former UK prime minister Tony Blair.
According to the Larry Ellison Foundation’s IRS return filed late last year, Oracle’s CTO and founder donated $33.83 million to the Tony Blair Institute (TBI) in 2021 and plans to contribute another $49.37 million in the near future.
Ellison’s foundation is also listed as a donor on the body’s most recent set of accounts filed [PDF] at Companies House.
“Palantir and Oracle are both dedicated to defending western interests and institutions around the world,” said Josh Harris, executive vice-president, Palantir. “Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s unique ability to help customers meet their regulatory, performance, and security needs will increase our impact and help our global clients gain the full benefits of cloud and AI.”
Moreover, Oracle cloud also have separate data center regions for government services in US and UK. These cloud data centers are purpose-built to handle the sensitive government data and meet the security compliance.
Below we have listed Oracle cloud data center locations by continental regions and countries:
United Kingdom host four regions; 3 of which are named as UK South (London), UK Gov South (London) and UK Gov West (Newport). Former one has 3 availability domains. Whereas, latter two are dedicated government cloud regions with single availability domain in each. Apart from that it has a region called “London Gov Classic” with limited classic cloud services for government.
London Gov Classic
London Gov classic is the only classic data center region of Oracle in Europe, which host government data and services.
UK Gov West (Newport)
Region identifier: uk-gov-cardiff-1 Region key: BRS Realm key: OC4 Availability domains: 1
UK Gov South (London)
Region identifier: uk-gov-london-1 Region key: LTN Realm key: OC4 Availability domains: 1
UK South (London)
Region identifier: uk-london-1 Region key: LHR Realm key: OC1 Availability domains: 3
Larry Ellison is now in the spotlight for recent media related aquisitions:
Oracle, chaired by Trump ally Larry Ellison, is seeking to take control of TikTok’s U.S. operations as part of a consortium that includes Silver Lake and Andreessen Horowitz.
The proposal — if green-lit by China — could give one of Trump’s billionaire allies unprecedented sway over a platform central to youth culture and political organizing.
Meanwhile, Skydance’s acquisition of Paramount this summer handed Ellison’s son, David, control of CBS News, where he appointed a conservative ombudsman to review complaints about the network’s coverage.
Paramount-Skydance is in advanced talks to acquire Bari Weiss’ conservative news site, The Free Press, and give her a senior editorial role at CBS.
The Ellisons are also working on a cash bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, which owns CNN — potentially putting two of America’s most iconic TV news brands under the purview of one Trump-aligned family.
And I note Intercept reporting another doner to Israel:
pro-Israel fanatic that he reportedly donated at least $26 million to a nonprofit that supports the IDF and once offered Benjamin Netanyahu a seat on Oracle’s board.
And in Forbes, back in 2015, reporting the list of billionaires in America, Israel365news picked out the Jews amongst them:
Larry Ellison
No. 3 of the Forbes 400 Net Worth: $47.5 billion
(Photo: Oracle PR/ Wiki Commons)
Larry Ellison, the world’s wealthiest Jew, made his fortune by founding the database-software giant Oracle Corporation. He and his wife have donated millions to various causes in Israel. Most notably, they donated $9 million in a lump sum to the soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces through Friends of the IDF (FIDF). On an Israel visit in 2007, upon touring a community center in the southern city of Sderot, which often comes under rocket attacks from Gaza, he immediately pledged $500,000 towards reinforcing the center against rocket
Is this the real sum of the ‘special relationship’ the UK has with the US?
Maybe this is something I shouldn’ t bother my old head with; after all, I am not an old billionaire, like Larry, so I can’t expect to be asked my opinion.
October 2025, Larry Ellison, the biggest donor to support the IDF, is looking to silence support for the Palestinian cause by buying Warner Bros/Discovery who own CNN.
Retired, living in the Scottish Borders after living most of my life in cities in England. I can now indulge my interest in all aspects of living close to nature in a wild landscape. I live on what was once the Iapetus Ocean which took millions of years to travel from the Southern Hemisphere to here in the Northern Hemisphere. That set me thinking and questioning and seeking answers.
In 1998 I co-wrote Millennium Countdown (US)/ A Business Guide to the Year 2000 (UK) see https://www.abebooks.co.uk/products/isbn/9780749427917
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