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Osaka Prefecture

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Japan

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East Asia

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Asia-Pacific (APAC)

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SoftBank: Sakai

Year Planned: 2027

Site History

June 2024: SoftBank and Sharp agreed to convert part of the Sakai plant into a data center.
March 2025: SoftBank bought the plant site for about ¥100 billion, covering about 450,000 m² of land and 840,000 m² of floor area.
May 2026: SoftBank set completion of the AI data center for fiscal 2027, sized for about 110 exaflops of AI compute.

Project Profile

Owner and operator: SoftBank Corp.
Site: former Sharp Sakai LCD panel plant, Takumicho, Sakai Ward
Land: about 450,000 m²; existing floor area about 840,000 m²
Use: AI computing for SoftBank's generative AI services
KDDI operates a separate data center on another part of the former plant.

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Sites within 15 miles of SoftBank: Sakai

Distance	Site	About
0.12 miles	KDDI: Sakai, Osaka	KDDI has launched an AI data center at the former Sharp Sakai factory site in Osaka Prefecture.
3.03 miles	SC Zeus: Osaka 1	SC Zeus, a leader in sustainable data center solutions, is developing Project ZEUS OSA 1 in Osaka, a campus that will comprise two buildings.
3.03 miles	SC Zeus: Osaka 2	This facility is part of SC Zeus' Project Zeus OSA1 campus in Osaka.
3.06 miles	ESR Group: Cosmosquare OS2	OS2 is the second building planned on ESR's Cosmosquare campus in Nanko Kita, Osaka, on the south half of the parcel it shares with OS1. CloudHQ markets it as KIX2.
3.06 miles	CloudHQ: Cosmosquare KIX2	CloudHQ plans to operate ESR Group's Cosmosquare OS2 building in Nanko Kita, Osaka, as KIX2, the second building of its KIX campus.
3.07 miles	CloudHQ: KIX3	This facility is part of CloudHQ's Cosmosquare campus in Osaka.
3.09 miles	CloudHQ: Cosmosquare KIX1	CloudHQ operates ESR Group's Cosmosquare OS1 building in Nanko Kita, Osaka, as KIX1, the first building of its KIX campus.
3.09 miles	ESR Group: Cosmosquare OS1	OS1 is the first building on ESR's Cosmosquare campus in Nanko Kita, Osaka: a five-storey, base-isolated steel data center designed by NTT Facilities, built by Toda Construction and operated by CloudHQ as KIX1.
3.09 miles	ESR Group: Cosmosquare OS3	OS3 is the third building planned on ESR's Cosmosquare campus in Nanko Kita, Osaka. It redevelops the IBM Japan Osaka Nanko building on the west side of the campus after that building's lease ends. CloudHQ markets it as KIX3.
3.09 miles	ESR Group: OS3	This facility is part of ESR Group's Cosmosquare campus in Osaka.
5.27 miles	NTT: OSK12 Bldg-2
6.14 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.
6.19 miles	TISI: Osaka 2nd DC (Shinsaibashi gDC)	TISI data center in the Keihanshin Kitahorie Building, Nishi Ward, Osaka, opened in 2008 as Shinsaibashi gDC.
6.47 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.
6.49 miles	Optage: Shinmachi
6.55 miles	INAP Osaka
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6.55 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.
6.55 miles	Telehouse: Osaka Shinsaibashi	KDDI Telehouse operates a colocation data center in Shinsaibashi, Japan.
6.57 miles	TISI: Osaka 3rd DC (Shinsaibashi gDC-EX)	TISI data center in the Keihanshin Nishi-Shinsaibashi Building, Osaka, opened in 2013 as Shinsaibashi gDC-EX.
6.82 miles	NTT Osaka 5
7.00 miles	NTT Osaka OS4
7.17 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.
7.17 miles	AirTrunk: OSK2 Expansion
7.17 miles	Empyrion: Osaka JP2
7.29 miles	Equinix: OS6	OS6 is Equinix's new retail colocation tower in Kyutaromachi, Chuo Ward, in central Osaka. The 13-story building is rising on a former parking lot beside Chuo-odori. Phase 1 opens in tranches from late 2027 through late 2028.
7.58 miles	NTT OS3 (Telepark Dojima Building 3)
7.61 miles	NTT Data Osaka Dojima (Building #4)
7.65 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.
7.98 miles	NTT OS2 (Telepark Dojima Building 2)
8.26 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.
8.80 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.
8.82 miles	Digital Edge: Osaka OSA1
8.84 miles	Equinix Osaka OS3
9.17 miles	AirTrunk: Osaka OSK1	Located in West Osaka, the development consists of a 16,500sqm facility dedicated to high-scale cloud requirements.
9.22 miles	TISI: Osaka 1st DC	TISI data center space inside OPTAGE's Umeda Kita building in Kita Ward, Osaka, opened in 2012.
9.22 miles	SoftBank: Osaka No. 3	SoftBank data center inside OPTAGE's Umeda Kita data center building in Kita Ward, Osaka, in service since 2012.
9.27 miles	Telehouse: Osaka Umeda	KDDI Telehouse operates a colocation data center in Umeda, Osaka.
9.27 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.
12.44 miles	SoftBank: Osaka Suita	SoftBank data center in Suita, about 5 km from central Osaka, with dedicated links to the Dojima internet exchange.
12.69 miles	Goldman Sachs: Higashiosaka	Goldman Sachs acquired land to build a data centre in Daito, Higashiosaka.
15.05 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.
16.48 miles	Colt: Minoh 1	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.
16.48 miles	Colt: Minoh 2	This facility is part of Colt's Minoh Campus in Osaka, Japan.
16.48 miles	ESR Group: 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.
18.58 miles	Vantage: KIX12	This facility will be part of Vantage's Osaka (KIX1) Campus in Osaka, Japan.
18.62 miles	Vantage: Osaka KIX11	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.
18.69 miles	MC Digital Realty: KIX14	KIX14 is a planned MC Digital Realty data center in Ikoma City, Nara Prefecture, east of Osaka. The design calls for a base-isolated building with four floors above ground. MC Digital Realty is the 50/50 joint venture of Mitsubishi Corporation and Digital Realty.
18.77 miles	Equinix: OS2x
18.81 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.
18.83 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.
18.84 miles	Equinix: OS5x
18.84 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.
18.86 miles	NTT Osaka 7
18.89 miles	MC Digital Realty: KIX15	KIX15 is MC Digital Realty's fifth data center on its KIX Campus in the Saito district of Ibaraki City, north of Osaka. The base-isolated building rises beside KIX10 and supports hybrid air and liquid cooling for hyperscale, cloud, and AI customers. MC Digital Realty is the 50/50 joint venture of Mitsubishi Corporation and Digital Realty.
18.95 miles	MC Digital Osaka 2 (KIX11)
18.96 miles	MC Digital Osaka 3 (KIX12)
18.98 miles	MC Digital Osaka 1 (KIX10)
19.02 miles	NRI: Osaka Data Center II Building 1	NRI's Osaka Data Center II is Nomura Research Institute's Kansai core and disaster-recovery data center in the Saito district of Ibaraki City. Building 1 opened in 2016 as a base-isolated facility certified to JDCC Tier 4. NRI runs its shared financial systems and outsourcing services here, and TIS markets colocation as GDC Osaka.
19.05 miles	NRI: Osaka Data Center II Building 2	Building 2 of NRI's Osaka Data Center II opened in February 2023 beside Building 1 in the Saito district of Ibaraki City. The two buildings share power-receiving equipment and serve NRI's shared financial systems and outsourcing services.
19.06 miles	MC Digital Osaka 4 (KIX13)
19.65 miles	SoftBank: Nara Ikoma	SoftBank's Nara Ikoma Data Center sits on the former NEC Kansai Research Laboratories site in Ikoma City, Nara Prefecture, east of Osaka. Its first building opened in October 2025 and supports air-cooled and direct liquid-cooled racks for AI and GPU workloads. A second building is planned on the same site.

Operating Company

SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434) is a leading Japanese technology and telecommunications company that stands at the forefront of the Information Revolution. As a key player within the SoftBank Group, the company leverages cutting-edge technologies including artificial intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT), and robotics to drive innovation across multiple sectors.
Going beyond traditional telecommunications, SoftBank Corp. focuses on developing transformative services and solutions that create value for society. The company's vision is encapsulated in its corporate philosophy "Information Revolution — Happiness for everyone," reflecting its commitment to using technology to enhance human wellbeing and societal progress.
Operating under the dynamic slogan "Smart & Fun!", SoftBank Corp. promotes an innovative workplace culture that emphasizes both productivity and employee satisfaction. The company embraces modern workstyles powered by IT and AI, fostering an environment where creativity and intelligence converge with enjoyment to drive sustainable growth and meaningful technological advancement.

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