Anthropic nears deal with NTT Data for 500MW Osaka data center, up to $6.3B
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-10-14
- Per Reuters/Nikkei, Anthropic is nearing a deal with NTT Data to build a 500-megawatt data center in western Japan (Osaka) — its first in the country, among Japan's largest, costing up to $6.3B.
- The companies aim to sign by end of 2026, with partial operations possibly starting as early as 2028.
- The project reshapes NTT Data's own plans: it expects to spend at least $9B through 2033 to quadruple Japanese computing capacity to 1GW.
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