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KDDI Launches Data Center in Osaka, Japan

Japanese telecoms firm KKDI has launched the first phase of a new data center in Osaka. The company this week announced that operations at the Osaka Sakai Data Center, located near the Osaka metropolitan area, started on January 22.The four-story facility, totaling 57,000 sqm (613,542 sq ft), ...

January 24, 2026

KDDI

Stack Secures Green Financing for Data Center in 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 ...

October 27, 2025

Tokyo

Toyota looks to sell KDDI shares worth $1.8 billion

Toyota Motor Corporation intends to sell a roughly $1.80 billion stake in KDDI Corporation as part of a share buy-back deal. Reuters reports that the Japanese automaker wants to raise funds to accelerate vehicle electrification. Toyota's stake in the Japanese telco would decrease from 14.68 p...

August 01, 2023

KDDI

KDDI Buys an Equity Position in Internet Initiative Japan

KDDI bought a stake in Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (IIJ), a local operator. Approximately 18 million IIJ shares held by NTT will be acquired by KKDI in an off-market transaction. The deal is valued at approximately $370,1 million. NTT is decreasing its stake in IIJ from just over 22% to 10%...

May 19, 2023

KDDI

Multifeed launches JPNAP service at Osaka 7 Data Center

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 th...

April 24, 2023

Osaka

KDDI Switches Its Online Payment Software to Oracle Database

KDDI, a Japanese telecom company, has a partnership with Oracle and will use the database of the technology company for its online payment brand. For disaster recovery, it has also implemented Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). The company that runs the "au" mobile phone service in Japan, KDDI...

March 03, 2023

KDDI

Airtrunk data center development at Tokyo data center

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 custom-...

February 22, 2023

Tokyo

Alibaba Opens New Data Center in 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, ...

December 23, 2022

Tokyo

ESR Already Developing its 19.2MW OS1data center in Osaka, Japan

Asia’s ESR Group has started work on its 19.2MW facility in Osaka, Japan. The real estate company revealed that the Cosmosquare OS1 data center would be phase 1 of its three-phase facility at Nanko Kita. The company plans to develop a total of 96MW on the site. OS1 is scheduled to be comple...

November 08, 2022

Osaka

Hulic's Plan For a Data Center in Tokyo Revealed

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 demolis...

May 23, 2022

Tokyo

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

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,...

April 08, 2022

Tokyo

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