Japan AI Data Center Feed

SoftBank is developing what is slated to be Japan’s largest AI data center in Tomakomai, Hokkaido. Announced in partnership with NVIDIA in November 2024, the facility will be the first in the world to receive NVIDIA DGX B200 systems (Blackw

Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology is rolling out the ABCI-3 platform at its Tsukuba campus to meet surging demand for generative AI. Built on HPE Cray XD systems with NVIDIA H200 GPUs and Quantum-2 Inf

Microsoft announced a $2.9 billion (¥440 billion) investment in April 2024 to significantly expand its cloud and AI infrastructure in Japan, its largest-ever investment in the country. This expansion doubles the company’s existing computing

AWS expanded its Japan presence with the AP Northeast 3 Osaka Region, launched as a full multi-AZ region in March 2021 after operating as a Local Region since 2011. The Osaka region provides geographic redundancy for AWS Japan customers, th

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's Japan East region in Tokyo is Oracle's primary cloud hub for the Japanese market. Japan is one of Oracle's largest enterprise markets globally, and the Tokyo region hosts Oracle Autonomous Database, OCI AI serv

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's Japan East region (Tokyo) is one of OCI's major APAC deployments, offering GPU-intensive compute for AI training and inference workloads. Oracle has aggressively expanded its Japan presence — announcing a $8 bi

Alibaba Cloud's Japan region, operating from Tokyo since 2016, serves the company's Japanese enterprise customer base and acts as a gateway for Chinese companies doing AI business in Japan. The Japan region hosts Alibaba's AI Platform PAI (

Amazon Web Services AP-NORTHEAST-1 — the Tokyo region — is AWS's flagship Asia-Pacific AI cloud region, launched in March 2011 and one of the largest and most sophisticated AWS deployments globally. Operating across four availability zones

AirTrunk’s TOK1 campus in Inzai City, Chiba Prefecture — located in Tokyo’s eastern data center corridor — is undergoing a major 2026 expansion backed by a ¥180 billion (~$1.24 billion) green loan, the largest sustainability-linked data cen

SoftBank is building a 150 MW AI data center at the former Sharp LCD factory site in Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture, with completion targeted for late 2026. The facility is purpose-built to host NVIDIA Blackwell GPU systems (DGX B200 and GB20