Anthropic and NTT Pursue Trillion-Yen Data Center in Osaka, Japan

U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) firm Anthropic is reportedly in final negotiations with NTT Data Group, the world's third-largest data center operator, to construct a data center with a maximum capacity of 500 megawatts (MW) on the southern coast of Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The construction cost is estimated to reach up to 1 trillion yen (approximately 8.49 trillion KRW), making it one of Japan's largest in terms of power reception capacity. If a large quantity of high-specification Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) servers for advanced AI operations are introduced, the total facility investment could amount to several trillion yen.

Also reported by Japan Wire by Kyodo News.

First reported by JKN News. This page is a short excerpt; the full text is theirs.