NTT mulls building 1st key data center for Anthropic in Japan

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Major telecommunications provider NTT Inc. is considering building the first core data center for U.S. artificial intelligence startup Anthropic in Japan, a source familiar with the matter said Wednesday. The construction cost for the data center, to be built in a coastal area in southern Osaka Prefecture and handled by NTT Data Group Corp., is expected to total roughly 1 trillion yen ($6.3 billion), making it one of the leading projects in the country.

Also reported by W.Media, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, DIGITIMES, The Asahi Shimbun.

First reported by The Mainichi. This page is a short excerpt; the full text is theirs.