Publication date: June 3, 2026 Japan Data Center Update 20: Google’s Japan Data Center Gets Hourly Proof of Green Power — and the GHG Protocol May Consider Similar Ideas JERA Cross Tests Hourly Matching Using NFCs for Google Data Center JERA Cross announced that, as part of a demonstration project, it generated hourly certificates for …
Publication date: June 2, 2026 BESS Integration Accelerates Across FIP Renewables and Thermal Power Plants As the global energy crisis persists and Japan faces growing pressure to balance its carbon-neutral agenda with energy supply security, battery energy storage systems (BESS) are increasingly being deployed not only alongside renewable energy assets, but also at conventional power …
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Publication date: May 26, 2026 Japan Data Center Update 19: Government and Industry Push Integrated Approaches to Data Center Development Ministry of the Environment Offers Up to JPY 1 Billion for Low-Carbon Data Center Projects The Ministry of the Environment (MoE) launched a tender for subsidies supporting data center decarbonization through energy efficiency improvements and …
Publication date: May 26, 2026 Japan’s Perovskite Solar Market Projected to Reach 12.5 GW by FY2040 Yano Research Institute released a forecast for Japan’s perovskite market, including tandem-type cells that stack multiple solar cell layers. The institute projects that total domestic installations of single-junction and tandem-type perovskite solar cells will reach 1.822 GW in 2035, …
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Publication date: May 19, 2026 Japan Data Center Update 18: Japan’s Data Center Ecosystem Evolves With New Infrastructure and Efficiency Initiatives Japan’s Containerized Data Center Market Is Projected to Grow 3.7x in 2025 Market researcher Fuji Chimera Research Institute released a survey on Japan’s domestic data center service market. The market is projected to reach …
Publication date: May 19, 2026 METI Selects 38 Candidate GX Strategic Zones for Final Approval This Summer The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) selected promising zones under its GX Strategic Zone System, which aims to promote integrated development of decarbonized power and telecommunications infrastructure (‘watt-bit’ integration). A total of 38 zones were chosen …
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Publication date: May 13, 2026 Japan Data Center Update 17: Utsunomiya Tender, TEPCO PG Aiming to Halve Connection Lead Time, and Tighter Capacity Rules Utsunomiya Becomes Japan’s First City to Launch a Public Tender for Data Center Development Nikkei reported that Utsunomiya will become the first city in Japan to launch a public tender to …
Publication date: May 4, 2026 Japan Shifts to Annual Revisions of Wheeling Charges Under Revenue Cap System The Electricity and Gas Market Surveillance Commission (EGC) plans to revise wheeling (transmission) charge calculation methods under the revenue cap system for the second regulatory period (FY2028–FY2032), shifting from the current flat five-year structure to annual revisions. The …
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Publication date: May 1, 2026 METI Addresses Demand Growth and Supply Security in Power Market Reforms Rising energy demand, driven by data center expansion, is increasingly driving power market conditions in Japan, while growing renewable capacity is reshaping supply dynamics. To grapple with the changing energy market, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) …
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Publication date: April 28, 2026 Japan Data Center Update 16: The Businesses Powering Japan’s Data Center Expansion Yanmar to Build Backup Generator Plant in Kitakyushu as Data Center Cluster Potential Grows Yanmar Holdings (HD) will launch a new plant in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, in 2028 to manufacture large-capacity backup generators for data centers. Yanmar …
