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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 N-Ark's proposes floating cities with underwater Edge data centers
N-Ark's proposes floating cities with underwater Edge data centers

N-Ark's proposes floating cities with underwater Edge data centers

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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Read SoftBank and NVIDIA Partner for AI Data Centers all through Japan
SoftBank and NVIDIA Partner for AI Data Centers all through Japan

SoftBank and NVIDIA Partner for AI Data Centers all through Japan

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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Read Japan Seeks Subsidies for Hokkaido and Kyushu Data Centers
Japan Seeks Subsidies for Hokkaido and Kyushu Data Centers

Japan Seeks Subsidies for Hokkaido and Kyushu Data Centers

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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Read Atlas and Hicloud partner for underwater data centers
Atlas and Hicloud partner for underwater data centers

Atlas and Hicloud partner for underwater data centers

May 18, 2023 China

Atlas and Shenzhen Hicloud Data Center Technology (Hicloud) have announced their partnership to explore reducing data center energy consumption. Through this deal, Atlas, an international group providing blockchain infrastructure-as-a-service, is now the first commercial Web3 user of the...

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Read Japanese Renewable Energy Industry's announces first solar-powered data center achieves stable operations
Japanese Renewable Energy Industry's announces first solar-powered data center achieves stable operations

Japanese Renewable Energy Industry's announces first solar-powered data center achieves stable operations

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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Read Eaton Obtains a 49% Investment in Jiangsu Ryan Electrical
Eaton Obtains a 49% Investment in Jiangsu Ryan Electrical

Eaton Obtains a 49% Investment in Jiangsu Ryan Electrical

April 25, 2023 China

Eaton has acquired a substantial stake in Jiangsu Ryan Electrical, a Chinese power distribution company. This week, the US power management company stated that it has acquired a 49 percent stake in Jiangsu Ryan Electrical Co. Ltd., a Chinese manufacturer of power distribution and sub-transmission...

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Read Multifeed launches JPNAP service at Osaka 7 Data Center
Multifeed launches JPNAP service at Osaka 7 Data Center

Multifeed launches JPNAP service at Osaka 7 Data Center

April 24, 2023 Osaka

Internet Multifeed has announced that it has added the Osaka Data Center 7 in Ibaraki City, Osaka Prefecture, to its JPNAP service. The data center is operated by NTT Communications Corporation and will go online for operations in May 2023.According to the company, the data center is one of the...

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Read Highlander completes first underwater facility and looks to develop net-zero wind-powered data center
Highlander completes first underwater facility and looks to develop net-zero wind-powered data center

Highlander completes first underwater facility and looks to develop net-zero wind-powered data center

April 06, 2023 China

According to a report by ChinaDaily, Highlander, one of the companies driving innovation in the underwater data center space, has announced that work on its first commercial facility is complete, for which it is now looking for export buyers. Further to this announcement, the company has outlined...

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Read ByteDance announces pledge for carbon neutral operations by 2030
ByteDance announces pledge for carbon neutral operations by 2030

ByteDance announces pledge for carbon neutral operations by 2030

March 27, 2023 China

ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, which historically, has been criticized for not “keeping up with its peers,” has announced its pledge to achieve carbon-neutral operations by 2030. The company has outlined that while it will seek to reduce its operational carbon footprint by 90%, it will rely on...

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Read CapitalOnline Data Service Buys data Center Builder Outside Beijing
CapitalOnline Data Service Buys data Center Builder Outside Beijing

CapitalOnline Data Service Buys data Center Builder Outside Beijing

March 24, 2023 Beijing

A company planning to construct a 3,200-rack data center in Huaili County, China, has been purchased by Chinese cloud provider CapitalOnline Data Service. This week, the company bought Huailai Wisdom Cloud Port Technology's entire equity stake. The company just recently received authorization to...

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Read Toshiba Will be Purchased by Japan Industrial Partners For $15 billion
Toshiba Will be Purchased by Japan Industrial Partners For $15 billion

Toshiba Will be Purchased by Japan Industrial Partners For $15 billion

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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Read Samsung SDS has launches a new data center in South Korea
Samsung SDS has launches a new data center in South Korea

Samsung SDS has launches a new data center in South Korea

March 22, 2023 South Korea

Samsung SDS has announced the opening of a new data center in South Korea. This new addition is part of wider plans to expand its cloud offering, and make Samsung Cloud Platform (SCP) available to all customers. Its new Dongtan IDC, spans six floors with four server rooms, and will focus on AI...

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Read Oxford Quantum Circuits Will Install Quantum Computer at Equinix Japan Data Facility
Oxford Quantum Circuits Will Install Quantum Computer at Equinix Japan Data Facility

Oxford Quantum Circuits Will Install Quantum Computer at Equinix Japan Data Facility

March 15, 2023 Equinix Tokyo TY11

A quantum computer is being installed at an Equinix data center in Tokyo, Japan, by the UK-based Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC). This week, the company said that starting in late 2023, it will provide "Quantum Computing as a Service" through a system on Equinix's TY11 Tokyo International Business...

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Read OPPO pledges to become carbon neutral across its global operations by 2050
OPPO pledges to become carbon neutral across its global operations by 2050

OPPO pledges to become carbon neutral across its global operations by 2050

March 02, 2023 China

OPPO has announced its commitment to achieving carbon neutrality across all its operations by 2050, the latest to do so. This pledge was made in the company’s OPPO Climate Action Report: Climate Pledges and Low Carbon Development Strategy, at MWC 2023. The company outlined that the greatest...

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Read Japan Meteorological Agency Receives 31 Petaflops Supercomputer From Fujitsu
Japan Meteorological Agency Receives 31 Petaflops Supercomputer From Fujitsu

Japan Meteorological Agency Receives 31 Petaflops Supercomputer From Fujitsu

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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Read CapitaLand's Beijing plans have green focus
CapitaLand's Beijing plans have green focus

CapitaLand's Beijing plans have green focus

February 23, 2023 China

CapitaLand has announced the launch of its China-focused data center development fund, namely CapitaLand China Data Centre Partners (CDCP), through which it is planning two new facilities located outside Beijing, with a focus on sustainability.According to the company, the two development...

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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 Tokyo TOK2

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 South Korea launches data center for AI research
South Korea launches data center for AI research

South Korea launches data center for AI research

February 21, 2023 South Korea

South Korea's science ministry recently announced the opening of a computing data center to conduct AI studies. The Research Data Center of AI Innovation Hub, in the Seoul campus of Korea University, is a computing lab with 35 petaFLOPS computers. It has been reported that this will permit up to...

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Read Hanwha and SKS Credit: Big investment in green data centers for South Korea
Hanwha and SKS Credit: Big investment in green data centers for South Korea

Hanwha and SKS Credit: Big investment in green data centers for South Korea

February 08, 2023 South Korea

Hanwha has announced that it will invest in 'green' data centers following signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with SKS Credit, an ESG professional manager (PEF), for joint development of data centers and logistics centers linked to new and renewable energy. Through the agreement, the...

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