Publication date: April 7, 2026 Japan Data Center Update 13: New Data Center Models Emerge as Land, Cooling, and Grid Constraints Tighten MOL, Hitachi Target Floating Data Centers to Ease Urban Deployment Bottlenecks Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), Hitachi, and Hitachi Systems have signed a basic agreement to jointly develop a “floating data center” by converting …
Publication date: March 31, 2026 Japan Data Center Update 12: Data Center Expansion Drives Infrastructure Upgrades and New Deployment Models TEPCO PG Expands Inzai Substation as Data Center Demand Surges in Chiba Inzai City hosts dozens of data centers, including facilities operated by Google, and electricity demand from data centers is rapidly accelerating. Applications indicate …
Publication date: March 24, 2026 Japan Data Center Update 11: Managing Community Relations in Japan’s Data Center Expansion HIGHRESO Combines AI Data Center Expansion with Local Workforce Training in Akita HIGHRESO, a provider of GPU cloud services, will establish an AI data center in Oga City, Akita Prefecture. The facility will repurpose the former Haraido …
Publication date: March 17, 2026 Japan Data Center Update 10: Decentralized Data Center Expansion and Growing Local Resistance Yamaura And TOSYS Partner On Distributed Data Center “NAGANO Model” Construction company Yamaura and ICT service provider TOSYS, both based in Nagano Prefecture, have signed a business alliance agreement to jointly offer a new initiative called the …
Publication date: March 10, 2026 Japan Data Center Market Update 9: Japan’s Data Center Market Shift Toward Edge and High-Speed Optical Infrastructure MHI Launches DIAVAULT, an On-site Edge AI Data Center for Real-time Processing On February 24th, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries launched its proprietary industrial edge data center solution, “DIAVAULT,” designed for on-premise AI inference use …
Publication date: March 3, 2026 Japan Data Center Market Update 8: Tokyo to Introduce First Prefectural DC Construction Guidelines Tokyo to Formalize Data Center Development Standards and Launch JPY 9.6 Billion Incentive Program The Tokyo Metropolitan Government plans to establish Japan’s first prefectural-level guidelines for DC development to balance surging AI-driven demand with local environmental …
Publication date: March 3, 2026 Japan’s Data Center Build-Out: Bottlenecks and Strategic Direction Data centers (DCs) are becoming a significant influence on Japan’s energy landscape. Domestic DC energy demand is growing rapidly and is expected to increase from 0.47 GW in FY2025 to 6.16 GW in FY2034 (OCCTO). In anticipation of future DC expansion, the …
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Publication date: Feb 26, 2026 Japan Data Center Market Update 7: Expansion Shifts Toward Renewable Regions PowerX and IIJ Launch Container DC Model Linking Renewables to Load Centers On February 13th, 2026, PowerX and Internet Initiative Japan Inc (IIJ) have announced a joint move into container data centers, targeting areas with high renewable penetration such …
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Publication date: Feb 24, 2026 Japan Data Center Market Update 6: Renewable Procurement and Low Latency Increasingly Dictate Data Center Locations and Design JERA and AWS Explore Renewable Power Supply Partnership for Data Centers JERA announced on February 5 that it has begun discussions with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to deepen collaboration across both the …
Publication date: Feb 17, 2026 Data Center Market Update 5: Clean Power and New Infrastructure Models Enter Japan’s Data Center Sector Japan Tests Offshore Data Centers as Yokohama Pilot Launches in March Japan’s first offshore floating data center demonstration is scheduled to begin operations in late March at Yokohama’s Osanbashi Pier, piloting a first-of-its-kind approach …
