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Read AirTrunk Plans Second Data Center in Osaka, Japan
AirTrunk Plans Second Data Center in Osaka, Japan

AirTrunk Plans Second Data Center in Osaka, Japan

December 17, 2025 AirTrunk

APAC data center firm AirTrunk is expanding its footprint in Japan and has announced plans to develop its second hyperscale data center in Osaka, OSK2. Located in East Osaka, OSK2 will deliver up to 100MW of total campus IT capacity. OSK1, located in West Osaka, offers 20MW.Robin Khuda, founder...

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Read Stack Secures Green Financing for Data Center in Tokyo
Stack Secures Green Financing for Data Center in Tokyo

Stack Secures Green Financing for Data Center in Tokyo

October 27, 2025 Tokyo

Stack Infrastructure has secured a 39.7 billion yen ($247.7m) green financing package to develop its data center campus in Japan's capital, Tokyo. The first stage of the 36MW TKY01 campus in Inzai, Greater Tokyo, is set to come online next year, offering 18MW, with the additional capacity set to...

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Read AirTrunk has submitted plans for a 320MW facility in Sydney, Australia
AirTrunk has submitted plans for a 320MW facility in Sydney, Australia

AirTrunk has submitted plans for a 320MW facility in Sydney, Australia

August 01, 2023 AirTrunk

AirTrunk has filed for its Sydney, Australia, SYD3 data center campus. After purchasing the land in 2021, the company has submitted plans to the New South Wales Department of Planning for a 320MW data center spanning 1.3 million square feet across seven stories. The property in question cost...

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Read Equinix, AirTrunk, Microsoft, and GDS are chosen by Singapore for an 80MW data center experiment
Equinix, AirTrunk, Microsoft, and GDS are chosen by Singapore for an 80MW data center experiment

Equinix, AirTrunk, Microsoft, and GDS are chosen by Singapore for an 80MW data center experiment

July 14, 2023 AirTrunk

As Singapore looks to end a years-long prohibition on new developments, four data center operators have been given 80MW of capacity for new facilities. Since 2019, Singapore has imposed a ban on the construction of new data centers; however, previously authorized facilities were permitted to be...

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Read AirTrunk officially starts the TOK1 facility expansion in Tokyo, Japan
AirTrunk officially starts the TOK1 facility expansion in Tokyo, Japan

AirTrunk officially starts the TOK1 facility expansion in Tokyo, Japan

July 03, 2023 AirTrunk Tokyo TOK1

AirTrunk has begun work on an expansion of its Tokyo, Japan, TOK1 campus. Senior AirTrunker personnel and construction partners attended a traditional "jichinsai" Shinto launching ceremony to spiritually sanctify the land in preparation for safe and efficient construction. No timelines for...

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Read AirTrunk to develop HKG2, its second facility in Hong Kong
AirTrunk to develop HKG2, its second facility in Hong Kong

AirTrunk to develop HKG2, its second facility in Hong Kong

June 28, 2023 AirTrunk

AirTrunk is developing its second facility in Hong Kong, located in the East New Territories. The facility, AirTrunk HKG2, will offer 15 MW, spanning 11,600 sqm (124,860 sq ft), with 4,400 sqm (4,7360 sq ft) of technical space. The facility will have a PUE of 1.25, and initial capacity is set to...

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Read Another sustainability-linked loan secured by AirTrunk
Another sustainability-linked loan secured by AirTrunk

Another sustainability-linked loan secured by AirTrunk

March 15, 2023 AirTrunk

AirTrunk has announced that it has secured a new AU$ 650 million (US$432.5m) Sustainability Linked Loan (SLL) in Japan. This latest addition, it has outlined, means that all debt platforms are now linked to sustainability targets; a total of AU$ 5 billion (US$3.3bn) in Environmental, Social, and...

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Read Airtrunk data center development at Tokyo data center
Airtrunk data center development at Tokyo data center

Airtrunk data center development at Tokyo data center

February 22, 2023 AirTrunk

AirTrunk has announced that it has broken ground on the second phase of its TOK2 data center located in Tokyo, Japan. This follows the groundbreaking of the first phase only three months ago. The company has outlined that the new phase is scalable to approximately 50MW of capacity and...

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Read AirTrunk to develop 150MW campus in Johor, Malaysia
AirTrunk to develop 150MW campus in Johor, Malaysia

AirTrunk to develop 150MW campus in Johor, Malaysia

January 23, 2023 AirTrunk

AirTrunk is expanding into Malaysia, with its first data center in the country. The facility, JHB1, will be in the Johor Bahru area, and span 21,900 sqm (235,750 sq ft) of space across 20 data halls, offering more than 150MW of capacity. In addition to this, it will have 370 sqm (4,000 sqm) of...

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Read Alibaba Opens New Data Center in Tokyo
Alibaba Opens New Data Center in Tokyo

Alibaba Opens New Data Center in Tokyo

December 23, 2022 Tokyo

Alibaba has established a data center in Tokyo, Japan. The company stated in December 2022 that its Alibaba Cloud/Aliyun division had opened a third data center in Japan to "meet the transformation expectations" of clients. Unique Song, General Manager of Japan for Alibaba Cloud Intelligence,...

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Read AirTrunk Breaks Ground on TOK2 Data Center
AirTrunk Breaks Ground on TOK2 Data Center

AirTrunk Breaks Ground on TOK2 Data Center

November 17, 2022 AirTrunk

AirTrunk has announced that it has begun constructing its TOK2 data center facility. The hyperscale data center will be located in West Tokyo, offering up to 110MW of capacity. The company first announced the facility in May and said it would span across 4.6 hectares of land. AirTrunk held a...

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Read AirTrunk signs renewable energy agreement to offset Microsoft’s energy use
AirTrunk signs renewable energy agreement to offset Microsoft’s energy use

AirTrunk signs renewable energy agreement to offset Microsoft’s energy use

November 14, 2022 AirTrunk

AirTrunk and Hong Kong utility CLP Power have signed a renewable energy agreement to offset Microsoft's energy use in its facilities by matching its electricity consumption with local renewable energy certificates (RECs). Through this agreement, AirTrunk will source hourly RECs from CLP Power to...

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Read AirTrunk secures green loan for Tokyo data center
AirTrunk secures green loan for Tokyo data center

AirTrunk secures green loan for Tokyo data center

September 09, 2022 AirTrunk

AirTrunk has announced that it has closed Japan’s first data center green loan as part of its new Green Financing Framework to finance its 110+MW West Tokyo data center, AirTrunk TOK2. The size of the loan has not yet been disclosed. In line with the company’s green financing framework, its...

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Read Hulic's Plan For a Data Center in Tokyo Revealed
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Hulic's Plan For a Data Center in Tokyo Revealed

May 23, 2022 Tokyo

Japanese real estate company Hulic has plans to develop a data center in Tokyo, Japan. According to the Japanese press and Japan Property Central, the firm will be building the data center on the site of an existing office it owns. The office is located in Nihonbashi, Tokyo. Hulic will demolish...

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Read Airtrunk expands in Tokyo
Airtrunk expands in Tokyo

Airtrunk expands in Tokyo

May 18, 2022 AirTrunk

AirTrunk has announced plans to build its eighth data center in Tokyo, Japan. The facility, namely TOK2, will be located in West Tokyo and have a capacity of over 110MW, with the campus built on over 4.6 hectares (11.36 acres) of land. With this new addition, the company now has an overall...

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Read Gaw Capital Partners Acquires Building For Data Center in Tokyo, Japan
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Gaw Capital Partners Acquires Building For Data Center in Tokyo, Japan

April 08, 2022 Tokyo

Gaw Capital Partners has announced the acquisition of a building in Tokyo, Japan. The real estate private equity firm also plans to transform the building into a data center. The Fuchu Building it acquired is next to Meito Sangyo Building in Fuchu Intelligent Park. Gaw will demolish the 59,000...

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Read AirTrunk opens TOK1 data center in Japan
AirTrunk opens TOK1 data center in Japan

AirTrunk opens TOK1 data center in Japan

December 02, 2021 AirTrunk Tokyo TOK1

AirTrunk has announced the launch of its first data center in Japan. The new facility is located in Tokyo, and it is called TOK1. It will have an initial capacity of up to 60MW. The 13.25-hectare site is located in Inzai Chiba Prefecture in Tokyo. The data center campus is also scalable to 300MW...

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Read AirTrunk to develop 320MW hyperscale data center in Sydney
AirTrunk to develop 320MW hyperscale data center in Sydney

AirTrunk to develop 320MW hyperscale data center in Sydney

November 05, 2021 AirTrunk

AirTrunk has revealed its plans for a new 320MW data center campus in Sydney. Upon completion, the facility will be the largest single hyperscale data center campus in the Asia Pacific region outside of China. The facility will be called SYD3, and it will be located in western Sydney. SYD3 will...

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Read Sustainable Finance: New way to address the environmental footprint of data centers
Sustainable Finance: New way to address the environmental footprint of data centers

Sustainable Finance: New way to address the environmental footprint of data centers

September 27, 2021 AirTrunk

Much has been said about how data centers adversely affect the environment. However, more data centers have begun to become 'Greener.' Besides, in order to leave a better environmental footprint, many data center companies are now spending more on green energy. Investors and data center financers...

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Read A commitment to a greener future: AirTrunk converts $1.545bn in sustainability linked loans
A commitment to a greener future: AirTrunk converts $1.545bn in sustainability linked loans

A commitment to a greener future: AirTrunk converts $1.545bn in sustainability linked loans

September 14, 2021 AirTrunk

AirTrunk has announced it has converted its corporate loan facilities of over AU$2.1 billion (US$1.545bn) into a Sustainability Linked Loan (SLL). The tech company is the latest to join the wave of data center companies pursuing these kinds of loans, alongside Aligned, KPN, and Nabiax. As per the...

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