Publication date: July 15, 2026 Japan Data Center Update 26: Kyushu Emerges as Data Center and Related Manufacturing Hub Partial construction of the 350 MW data center project in Satsumasendai to start FY2026 Satsumasendai City has disclosed the schedule for one of Japan’s largest planned data centers, a 350 MW project in Satsumasendai City, Kagoshima …
Publication date: July 7, 2026 Japan Data Center Update 25: Regulatory Easing and Utility Coordination Shape Japan’s AI Data Center Investment Shikoku Electric strengthens organization to attract data centers across four prefectures Shikoku Electric Power announced that it will strengthen its organization to attract data centers to the four prefectures of Shikoku. The company has …
Publication date: June 30, 2026 Japan Data Center Update 24: Operational Innovation and Efficiency Move Up Japan’s Data Center Agenda NTT Data to leverage data center UPS as flexibility for the balancing market NTT Data announced that it will provide power from uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems installed at its domestic data centers as flexibility …
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: 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 10, 2026 Data Center Market Update 4: DC Growth Drives Power Integration and Hyperscale Development Japan to Pilot Workload Migration to Align Data Centers With Surplus Electricity The Nikkei reported that Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) will launch a demonstration project in spring 2026 to connect geographically dispersed data …
