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Anthropic Partners with NTT Data to Build First Dedicated Japan Data Center with 500 MW Capacity

October 12, 2026 at 23:41 EDT

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Anthropic and Japan's NTT Data Group have entered final negotiations to construct a dedicated data center in Osaka, marking the US AI company's first regional infrastructure facility in Japan. The facility aims to support Claude deployment across Japanese enterprises while meeting local data residency requirements.

October 2026 • Anthropic & NTT Data

Japan's AI Infrastructure Race Heats Up

Anthropic commits ¥1 trillion to build a 500 MW data center in Osaka—the latest in a wave of regional AI infrastructure expansion across Asia.

500

MW Power Capacity

¥1T+

Total Investment

2028

Partial Operations

~2 yrs

Until Agreement

Infrastructure Competition in Asia

Anthropic
500 MW

NTT Data
1 GW target

Vertical comparison: Anthropic's planned Osaka facility (500 MW) versus NTT Data's broader expansion goal to reach 1 gigawatt by 2033.

Why This Matters

Data Residency: Osaka facility meets Japan's regulatory requirement that sensitive data stay in-country. Latency: Local infrastructure reduces response times for Japanese enterprises using Claude API. Competition: Microsoft ($10B investment) and OpenAI (Datasection partnership) are simultaneously scaling AI compute in Japan, signaling the region as a strategic battleground.

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