July 27, 2023 Japan
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and FNT Software have announced the signing of an MoU to construct sustainable data centres to support decarbonization efforts. Through the MoU, MHI’s analysis and energy management solutions will be integrated into FNT’s data center infrastructure management (DCIM)...
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June 22, 2023 Japan
Japanese start-up N-Ark has unveiled designs for a floating city named ‘Dogen City,’ which, as the climate crisis worsens, looks to be a place of refuge for those who can afford to escape the effects of climate change. That said, the company also shared that it would also "accept and provide...
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May 31, 2023 Japan
SoftBank Corp has partnered with the American multinational technology firm NVIDIA to set up a platform for dynamic artificial intelligence (AI) and 5G/6G products. It is built on the NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip, and SoftBank intends to deploy it in Japan's new distributed AI data...
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May 30, 2023 Japan
To encourage the development of data centers, which are essential to a digital society, in the Kyushu southwestern region and Hokkaido's most northern prefecture, Japan's industry ministry on Tuesday proposed offering subsidies. The ministry stated that Hokkaido and Kyushu are ideal locations for...
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May 21, 2023 AT TOKYO Corporation
At Tokyo Corporation is developing a new data center in Tokyo, Japan, it has announced. The facility, set to go live in early 2025, will offer 25 MW of capacity. Speaking about the news, Akira Nakamura, CEO of At Tokyo, said: "We're really excited to be opening this new facility." According to...
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May 09, 2023 Japan
Japan Renewable Energy Corporation (JRE) has announced that stable operation has been achieved at the Morgenrot data center constructed on the grounds of its solar power plant in Nagano prefecture. Morgenrot will provide its M:CPP (Morgenrot Computing Power Pool) GPU cloud service from the data...
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March 24, 2023 Japan
Japan Industrial Partners Inc. (JIP), a Japanese investment firm, will take Toshiba private. Last week, the Japanese conglomerate revealed that TBJH Inc., an indirect subsidiary of JIP, would buy out all of the company's shares on the Tokyo and Nagoya Stock Exchanges and take the business...
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March 01, 2023 Japan
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has received a new 31.1 petaflop supercomputer from Fujitsu. The new system will be used to forecast the probability of linear rainbands, which can result in floods and landslides and is anticipated to be operational in March 2023. Cumulonimbus clouds that...
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February 22, 2023 Tokyo
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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February 03, 2023 Japan
Japanese ISP Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (IIJ) has announced its sustainability efforts with the installation of a 336kWp rooftop solar power system at its Shiroi data center campus in Chiba Prefecture. The solar panels, primed to generate approximately 373MWh annually, 3 percent of the...
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January 27, 2023 Japan
Optage Inc. has announced plans to build a new data center in Osaka, Japan. Named the 'Optage Sonezaki Data Center', this facility will be the company's fifth, with work to commence in November 2023 and due to open in January 2026.The facility will be located in the Higashi-Umeda area of the...
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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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September 23, 2022 Japan
NEC Corporation has announced that it is establishing two new green data centers, in response to the growing demand. The first is the "NEC Kanagawa Data Center: Phase 2 Building" which is scheduled to open in the second half of 2023, and the second is "NEC Kobe Data Center: Phase 3 Building,"...
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July 15, 2022 Japan
As the race for more sustainable power options continues in the data center industry, a raft of alternatives have been proposed, from solar to green hydrogen. However, perhaps one option that few expected is ammonia, which is now being pegged as the next major renewable fuel. Joel Moser, CEO of...
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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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April 14, 2022 Japan
The White Data Center (WDC) in Japan's North Island of Hokkaido, is a research project run by the city of Babai. It initially ran between 2014-2019, in collaboration with Japan's NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization) research body. Its aim was to research how snow...
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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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April 07, 2022 Japan
ESR Cayman has announced its plans to develop a new 20MW data center in West Tokyo, Japan. This comes following the company’s acquisition of a data center asset in Higashi Kurume, which spans 20,900 sqm (225,00 sqft). Looking ahead, the company has said that its new facility will be operational...
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March 10, 2022 Japan
Two Japanese firms are coming together to form a data center joint venture. NEC and IT firm SCSK Corporation revealed that they are partnering up to strengthen their network and data center business involvement. The JW will see the firms create SCSK NEC Data Center Management, ltd. The new...
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March 01, 2022 Japan
Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) has announced that it will be funding projects pushing forward greener data centers with its Green Innovation Fund. A number of companies have been selected to work on the project. This includes Fujitsu, NEC Corporation,...
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