Publication date: June 9, 2026 Japan Data Center Update 21: The Tech Race – Fuji Electric’s 85% Power-Saving Cooling Unit Fuji Electric’s Ejector Cooling Unit Cuts Cooling Power by up to 85% Fuji Electric announced that it has developed the world’s first ejector cooling unit, which can reduce electricity consumption for cooling data center servers …
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: 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 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 …
