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Japan Data Center Update 10: Decentralized Data Center Expansion and Growing Local Resistance

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 …

Japan Data Center Market Update 9: Japan’s Data Center Market Shift Toward Edge and High-Speed Optical Infrastructure

Publication date: March 10, 2026  Japan Data Center Market Update 9: Japan’s Data Center Market Shift Toward Edge and High-Speed Optical Infrastructure MHI Launches DIAVAULT, an On-site Edge AI Data Center for Real-time Processing On February 24th, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries launched its proprietary industrial edge data center solution, “DIAVAULT,” designed for on-premise AI inference use …

Japan’s Data Center Build-Out: Bottlenecks and Strategic Direction

Publication date: March 3, 2026  Japan’s Data Center Build-Out: Bottlenecks and Strategic Direction Data centers (DCs) are becoming a significant influence on Japan’s energy landscape. Domestic DC energy demand is growing rapidly and is expected to increase from 0.47 GW in FY2025 to 6.16 GW in FY2034 (OCCTO). In anticipation of future DC expansion, the …

Japan Data Center Market Update 6: Renewable Procurement and Low Latency Increasingly Dictate Data Center Locations and Design

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 …