Publication date: Jan 26, 2026 Government Unveils Selection Timeline for GX Strategic Area DC Clusters While there are financial support measures for data center (DC) operators (as we covered in our previous newsletter), the government also plans to subsidize municipalities that host DC clusters, each on a gigawatt scale, to accommodate the rapidly increasing DC …
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Publication date: Jan 20, 2026 Data Center Market Update 1: Wind Power, and On-Site Gas-Fired DCs Toyota Tsusho and its renewable energy subsidiary, Eurus Energy Holdings, announced they will develop Soya Green Data Center I (tentative name), a 3 MW data center in Wakkanai, Hokkaido, adjacent to the Kabakaoka Wind Farm. This DC is scheduled …
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Publication date: Jan 18, 2026 Japan to Subsidize Up to 50% of Investment in 100% Decarbonized Data Centers Domestic data center (DC) electricity demand is growing rapidly and is expected to increase by more than 5 GW to a total of 6.16 GW over the next decade (CAS 1), and according to Japan Electronics and …
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Publication date: Nov 22, 2025 Government Details Tender Process for Selecting GX Data-Center Clusters The Working Group (WG) of Public-Private Advisory Council on Watt-Bit, which focuses on effective coordination between power and telecommunication, has outlined the details for selecting Data Center (DC) Clusters based on GX (green transformation) Strategic Areas through a public tender process. …
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