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April 09, 2026
ESR Group
ESR Group and Colt Data Centre Services (Colt DCS) have formed a joint venture to develop the initial phase of a hyperscale data center in Minoh City, Osaka, Japan.
The joint venture will design and build this first phase, while Colt DCS will handle the operation. This strategic campus in Japan's second-largest data center market is set to support the nation's growing demand for public cloud, digital transformation, and AI solutions.
Site preparation is underway. Construction of the initial data center building is slated to begin in 2027, with the facility expected to be ready for service in late 2029.
| Distance | Site | About |
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| 0.00 miles | Colt: Minoh 2 |
This facility is part of Colt's Minoh Campus in Osaka, Japan.
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| 0.00 miles | Colt: Minoh, Osaka |
ESR Group and Colt Data Centre Services (Colt DCS) have formed a joint venture to develop the initial phase of a hyperscale data center in Minoh City, Osaka, Japan.
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| 2.04 miles | IIF Osaka Toyonaka |
The IIF Osaka Toyonaka Data Center facility, constructed in September 1991, stands on a 4,769.70-square-meter plot of land. The building features a total floor area of 20,027.14 square meters.
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| 2.98 miles | Equinix: OS2x | |
| 3.25 miles | MC Digital Osaka 4 (KIX13) | |
| 3.30 miles | MC Digital Osaka 2 (KIX11) |
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| 3.37 miles | MC Digital Osaka Connected Campus (KIX) |
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| 3.40 miles | MC Digital Osaka 1 (KIX10) |
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| 3.78 miles | Vantage: KIX12 |
This facility will be part of Vantage's Osaka (KIX1) Campus in Osaka, Japan.
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| 3.81 miles | Vantage Osaka (KIX1) |
Located in Ibaraki, the Osaka campus comprises 485,000 square feet (45,000 square meters) and features two four-story, state-of-the-art facilities built to withstand even the worst earthquakes.
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| 5.19 miles | NTT: Nishiai |
NTT acquired eight acres in Osaka Nishiai to develop two data centers, with the first facility expected to open in fiscal year 2027.
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| 5.38 miles | IDC Frontier: Osaka Suita |
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| 5.57 miles | CapitalLand: Osaka 01 |
The new facility will include more than nine data halls along with dedicated office and working spaces to support operations.
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| 6.11 miles | NTT Osaka 7 | |
| 7.57 miles | AirTrunk: Osaka OSK1 |
Located in West Osaka, the development consists of a 16,500sqm facility dedicated to high-scale cloud requirements.
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| 8.45 miles | Optage: Umeda North |
This state-of-the-art data center began operations in 2012. The facility encompasses 11,534 square meters of gross floor area, with 4,000 square meters dedicated to colocation space containing 1,300 racks.
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| 8.46 miles | Telehouse: Osaka Umeda |
KDDI Telehouse operates a colocation data center in Umeda, Osaka.
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| 8.72 miles | MC Digital Osaka 3 (KIX12) | |
| 9.37 miles | Optage: Sonezaki |
Named 'Optage Sonezaki Data Center,' the 14-story carrier-neutral facility will offer 24,100 square feet (2,250 square meters) of space and incorporate seismic isolation design for earthquake protection.
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| 9.54 miles | NTT: Osaka North 1(OSK12) |
NTT Global Data Centers has officially broken ground on its Osaka North 1 (OSK12) data center in Ibaraki City, marking a significant expansion into one of Japan’s fastest-growing digital hubs.
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| 9.55 miles | NTT Data Osaka Dojima (Building #4) | |
| 9.61 miles | NTT OS3 (Telepark Dojima Building 3) | |
| 9.76 miles | Equinix: OS5x | |
| 9.76 miles | Equinix: OS4x |
Equinix's fourth data center in Osaka, Japan, is connected to the adjacent OS2x in Minoh City, Osaka Prefecture. The facility has 4,925 square meters (53,025 square feet) of data center space.
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| 9.84 miles | NTT OS2 (Telepark Dojima Building 2) | |
| 10.26 miles | Digital Edge: Osaka OSA1 | |
| 10.30 miles | Telehouse: Osaka 2 |
Built as the major Telehouse Data Center for the west of Japan, The Osaka 2 Data Center facility began service on 21st August, 2015.
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| 10.31 miles | Equinix Osaka OS3 | |
| 10.44 miles | Empyrion: Osaka JP2 | |
| 10.44 miles | AirTrunk: Osaka OSK2 |
AirTrunk’s newly announced OSK2 project is a massive hyperscale development located in East Osaka, designed specifically to meet the surging demand for cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure in the Kansai region.
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| 10.44 miles | AirTrunk: OSK2 Expansion | |
| 10.46 miles | NTT Osaka 5 | |
| 10.89 miles | Optage: Shinmachi | |
| 10.92 miles | Equinix Osaka OS1 |
Opened in 2013, the first phase, with room for 320 cabinets is a US$12m investment. Once fully opened the site will carry 800 cabinets.
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| 10.93 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset | |
| 10.93 miles | Telehouse: Osaka Shinsaibashi |
KDDI Telehouse operates a colocation data center in Shinsaibashi, Japan.
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| 10.93 miles | Optage: Shinsaibashi |
The Shinsaibashi Data Center in central Osaka was launched in 2008. OPTAGE will establish a new connectivity area “Shinsaibashi POP (Point Of Presence)” within the existing Shinsaibashi Data Center in Osaka City By 2025.
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| 10.94 miles | INAP Osaka |
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| 11.32 miles | NTT Osaka OS4 | |
| 11.56 miles | Mapletree: Osaka |
The multi-story facility is built on a 4,200 sqm site and offers 13,330 sqm of total space, including 12,720 sqm of lettable area. The property comes with a 70-year land lease that began October 1, 2020.
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| 12.24 miles | Goldman Sachs: Higashiosaka |
Goldman Sachs acquired land to build a data centre in Daito, Higashiosaka.
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| 13.60 miles | SC Zeus: Osaka 2 |
This facility is part of SC Zeus' Project Zeus OSA1 campus in Osaka.
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| 13.61 miles | SC Zeus: Osaka Campus |
SC Zeus, a leader in sustainable data center solutions, is developing Project ZEUS OSA 1 in Osaka, a campus that will comprise two buildings.
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| 13.62 miles | ESR Group: Cosmosquare OS1 |
The newly completed data center is the first hyperscale facility within ESR's Cosmosquare campus. At full build-out, the US$2 billion campus will comprise three buildings.
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| 13.63 miles | CloudHQ: Cosmosquare KIX1 |
Strategically positioned in Nanko Kita, Osaka City, CloudHQ's Cosmosquare is a future-proof, three-phase hyperscale data center campus (KIX1, KIX2, KIX3).
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| 13.64 miles | ESR Group: OS2 |
This facility is part of ESR Group's Cosmosquare campus in Osaka.
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| 13.64 miles | CloudHQ: KIX2 |
This facility is part of CloudHQ's Cosmosquare campus in Osaka.
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| 13.65 miles | ESR Group: OS3 |
This facility is part of ESR Group's Cosmosquare campus in Osaka.
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| 13.67 miles | CloudHQ: KIX3 |
This facility is part of CloudHQ's Cosmosquare campus in Osaka.
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| 14.26 miles | EdgeConneX: Osaka Yawata |
EdgeConneX expands in Japan, securing a long-term land lease for its second data center site in Greater Osaka/Yawata.
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| 14.29 miles | EdgeConneX: Yawata 3 |
This facility is part of EdgeConneX Yawata Campus in Osaka.
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| 14.30 miles | EdgeConneX: Yawata 2 |
This facility is part of EdgeConneX Yawata Campus in Osaka.
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| 14.67 miles | Digital Edge: Osaka OSA2 |
The facility was acquired in 2021 as part of Digital Edge's US$230 million (JPY26 billion) purchase of five data center assets from Itochu Techno-Solutions (CTC).
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| 15.01 miles | ADA: Osaka East 1 |
GLP's data center subsidiary, Ada Infrastructure, plans to build a four-story data center in East Osaka, Japan. The site will feature an N+1 UPS distributed redundant and N+1 closed loop air-cooled chiller plant.
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| 16.48 miles | Softbank: Sakai, Osaka |
The planned facility will have a total floor area of 750,000 square meters, utilizing about 60% of the Sharp Sakai Plant's total land area of approximately 440,000 square meters.
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| 16.60 miles | KDDI: Sakai, Osaka |
KDDI and Sharp Corporation have announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop an AI data center at Green Front Sakai, Sharp's former factory site in Sakai, Osaka.
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| 17.00 miles | EdgeConneX: Kyotanabe 2 |
This facility is part of EdgeConneX Kyotanabe campus in Osaka.
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| 17.10 miles | EdgeConneX: Osaka Kyotanabe |
Data center firm EdgeConneX plans to develop a facility in the greater Osaka-Kyoto area in partnership with Kagoya Asset Management.
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| 17.55 miles | STACK Osaka KIX01 |
Located in Osaka’s eastern suburb of Keihanna, this data center campus will comprise three buildings with robust access to power and network to ensure strong reliability.
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| 17.56 miles | ESR Group: Keihanna OS4 |
ESR Group and STACK Infrastructure, major players in APAC's New Economy real estate and global digital infrastructure, are jointly building a new data center campus in Keihanna, Japan (Kansai region).
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| 17.59 miles | STACK: KIX01C |
This facility is a part of Stack's KIX01 Campus in Osaka, Japan.
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| 17.60 miles | STACK: KIX01B |
This facility is a part of Stack's KIX01 Campus in Osaka, Japan.
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| 17.74 miles | Colt Osaka Keihanna |
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| 17.93 miles | NTT Keihanna OSK11 | |
| 18.76 miles | Kagoya: Keihanna Lab A |
The data center's first three-story Building A was built in 2006, with a four-story Building B added in 2014. Currently, the two are connected by a walkway, providing server space for up to 650+ racks.
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| 18.76 miles | Kagoya: Keihanna Lab B |
The facility Lab B is a four-story building located on Kagoya's Keihanna Campus in Kyoto, Japan. It covers an area of 3275.29 square meters (including corridors) and has a capacity of 400 racks.
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| 18.86 miles | NTT: OSK12 Bldg-2 |
ESR Group is Asia-Pacific's leading New Economy real asset manager and one of the largest listed real estate investment managers globally. The company's fully integrated fund management and development platform extends across Australia and New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, Greater China, Southeast Asia and India, including a presence in Europe. ESR Group provides investors with a diverse range of real asset investment and development solutions across private and public investment vehicles. The firm's focus on New Economy real assets offers customers modern solutions for logistics, data centers, and infrastructure and renewables. ESR Group's purpose, Space and Investment Solutions for a Sustainable Future, drives the company to manage sustainably and impactfully for the communities where it operates and the spaces it develops to thrive for generations to come. ESR Group is listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (HKSE: 1821.HK).
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