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: 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 …
Publication date: April 21, 2026 Japan Data Center Update 15: Tokyo and Kansai Expansion Gains Pace as Edge Data Centers Emerge JFE and Mitsubishi to Develop Integrated Power Plant and Data Center Hub in Keihin Ogishima, Kanagawa JFE Holdings, one of Japan’s leading steelmakers, and Mitsubishi Corporation jointly announced that the companies will develop an …
Publication date: April 14, 2026 Japan Data Center Update 14: Data Center Expansion Accelerates as Large-Scale Investment, Decentralization, and Local Constraints Collide Microsoft to Invest USD 10 Billion in Japan Data Centers to Expand AI Infrastructure Microsoft announced it will invest USD 10 billion over four years in data centers and related infrastructure in Japan. …
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 …
