Pranav Hotkar
Tokyo, Japan - April 8, 2026 - Digital Realty has opened its NRT14 data center, marking the third facility at its Narita campus and expanding capacity in one of Japan’s most strategically important connectivity hubs.
The new facility strengthens Digital Realty’s footprint in the Greater Tokyo area, a key market for hyperscale cloud, enterprise IT, and AI-driven workloads. Located within the company’s Narita (NRT) campus, NRT14 adds to an established ecosystem designed to support high-density deployments and scalable digital infrastructure.
NRT14 is a purpose-built data center engineered to meet growing demand for secure, resilient, and energy-efficient infrastructure. The facility incorporates advanced cooling and power systems to support modern compute requirements, including AI and high-performance workloads, while maintaining operational efficiency.
The Narita campus is positioned as a major interconnection hub, benefiting from proximity to key subsea cable landing stations and network-rich environments. This enables customers to access low-latency connectivity across Japan and into broader Asia-Pacific markets. With the addition of NRT14, Digital Realty continues to enhance its ability to deliver interconnected data center capacity to global and regional customers.
The expansion reflects increasing demand for digital infrastructure in Japan, driven by cloud adoption, enterprise digital transformation, and the rapid scaling of artificial intelligence applications. Tokyo remains one of the most capacity-constrained yet high-demand markets globally, making campus-style developments critical for long-term growth.
Digital Realty said the new facility is designed to integrate seamlessly with its global PlatformDIGITAL ecosystem, allowing customers to deploy and connect infrastructure across multiple locations. This approach supports hybrid IT architectures and distributed workloads, enabling organizations to scale operations efficiently.
The opening of NRT14 also underscores the company’s continued investment in Japan as part of its broader Asia-Pacific expansion strategy. By building out multi-facility campuses, Digital Realty aims to provide customers with flexible capacity options and enhanced interconnection capabilities within a single location.
As demand for AI-ready infrastructure accelerates, the addition of NRT14 positions the Narita campus to support next-generation workloads while reinforcing Tokyo’s role as a central node in the global data center network.
