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NTT Data, Anthropic negotiate Japan data center with up to 500MW

DigiTimes Early signal Published 14th October 2026 Asia, Global

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What the source reported

Source-reported

NTT Data and Anthropic are in final-stage negotiations to develop a data center in Osaka, Japan, with power capacity of up to 500MW, according to <em>Nikkei</em>. The project would be Anthropic's first dedicated data center in Japan and one of the country's largest facilities, supporting the AI model developer's expanding infrastructure requirements.

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DigiTimes · Trade Publication
Published
14th October 2026
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digitimes.com

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Technology & Procurement Innovation
Geography
Asia, Global
Organisations
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14th October 2026 · 22:53

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Significance 2 · Moderate
Confidence 2 · Low

Initial Significance Moderate (32.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (21.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Impact-Scale Specificity (0.0/10 points). Initial Confidence Low (21.0/100, data sufficiency: Insufficient). Strongest contributor: Corroboration (10.0/25 points). Limiting factor: Specificity (0.0/20 points).

Strongest contributor
Procurement Impact
Limiting factor
Impact-Scale Specificity
Possibly the same underlying story as NTT Data in final talks to build Anthropic's first data centre in Japan, Nikkei reports — flagged automatically, never merged automatically.