Publication date: Oct 14, 2026 Japan Data Center Update 39: Japan Explores Workload Shifting as a Source of Energy System Flexibility Workload shifting (WLS) could allow data centers to adjust when and where they consume electricity, reducing demand in regions experiencing grid constraints or high electricity prices and shifting workloads to locations or periods with …
Publication date: Oct 6, 2026 Japan Data Center Update 38: Large-Scale Data Center Development Gains Momentum JERA to develop data center powered by up to 400 MW at Chiba thermal power station JERA announced that it will develop a data center within the premises of its Chiba Thermal Power Station (Chiba City), designed to receive …
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Publication date: Sept 30, 2026 Japan Data Center Update 37: Japan’s AI Data Center Expansion: The Race to Build and Power Capacity Japan’s AI data center capacity to more than quadruple by 2033 Japan’s AI data center capacity is set to more than quadruple by the mid-2030s compared with the end of 2025, according to …
Publication date: Sept 24, 2026 Japan Data Center Update 36: Bypassing Grid Constraints, Tokyo Gas Engineering Solutions Tests Distributed and Off-Grid Power Data Centers TGES and Getworks partner on containerized data centers using underutilized sites TGES, a subsidiary of Tokyo Gas, and data center operator Getworks have entered into a business partnership to develop containerized …
Publication date: Sept 15, 2026 Japan Data Center Update 35: GX Strategic Zones: Japan Targets GW-Scale Data Center Clusters Across Nine Zones The designated GX Strategic Zones by types are as follow: (1) Industrial Complex Redevelopment Type: One zone METI designated Kawasaki City, which plans to establish a production scale-up hub for GX-related startups in …
Publication date: Sept 8, 2026 Japan Data Center Update 34: Next-Generation Technologies Reshape Data Center Deployment and Resilience NYK and partners develop port-based floating data center concept as step toward offshore deployment A consortium comprising NYK (Nippon Yusen Kaisha) Line, Eurus Energy Holdings, NTT FACILITIES, and MUFG Bank has announced that it has developed a …
Publication date: Sept 2, 2026 Japan Data Center Update 33: Tokyo Advances Containerized Data Center Deployment as Shikoku Expands Incentives NTT docomo Business and TEPCO PG collaborate on liquid-cooled containerized data centers in Tokyo NTT docomo Business and TEPCO Power Grid (PG) announced a collaboration to develop liquid-cooled containerized data centers in the Tokyo metropolitan …
Publication date: Aug 25, 2026 Japan Data Center Update 32: Trading Companies Accelerate Data Center Buildout as Manufacturers’ Margins Rise Itochu plans ten data centers with 50 MW capacity each by 2030 Itochu Corporation will enter the data center development business. It plans to invest several hundred billion yen to develop approximately 10 data centers, …
Publication date: Aug 19, 2026 Japan Data Center Update 31: J-Power Enters Data Center Business by Leveraging Its Own Renewable Assets J-Power enters data center business with 400 kW containerized facility in Hokkaido J-Power, a major Japanese power generation company, announced that it will launch a containerized data center business in Kaminokuni Town, Hokkaido, marking …
Publication date: Aug 11, 2026 Japan Data Center Update 30: Major AI Data Center Development Planned in Akita as the Data Center Decentralization Accelerates UAE sovereign wealth fund considers investment in up to 500 MW AI data center in Akita Japanese and US companies, together with Akita Prefecture and Akita City, plan to build one …
