Status: Under Development/Construction | Location: Ibaraki City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
The Osaka North 1 Data Center Campus is a significant hyperscale development by NTT Global Data Centers, part of the NTT Group, one of the world's largest telecommunications and IT services companies. This campus is strategically located in Ibaraki City, Osaka Prefecture, serving the high-growth Japan West cloud region. This region is critical for providing disaster recovery and low-latency services to enterprises and hyperscalers outside of the concentrated Tokyo Bay area.
The initial phase of the campus, breaking ground in late 2025, is planned to deliver an initial 36 MW of IT load capacity. The design is hyper-focused on resilience and AI-readiness, two non-negotiable requirements in the Japanese market. The facility will incorporate advanced seismic protection systems, likely utilising base isolation technology, to protect the infrastructure from the high-magnitude earthquakes common in the country. Furthermore, to address the explosive demand for high-density computing driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), the campus is engineered with the necessary structural and cooling provisions to support racks exceeding 70 kW of power consumption, facilitating the deployment of the latest GPU clusters.
NTT's investment in Osaka North 1 reinforces the trend of sovereign cloud mandates and hyperscale localisation, which require cloud providers to expand their footprint within the country to meet data residency and performance requirements. By leveraging NTT's immense network and power infrastructure capabilities, the campus aims to provide a reliable, carrier-neutral environment for global customers. This project is a crucial component of Japan's broader digital infrastructure strategy, ensuring the country can support the rapid digital transformation of its BFSI (Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance), automotive, and manufacturing sectors, making Osaka a key digital gateway alongside Tokyo.
| Field | Value |
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| Project Name | Osaka North 1 Data Center | Next-Generation Colocation & Digital Infrastructure Campus |
| Location | Ibaraki City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan |
| Status | Under Development/Construction |
| Project Type | Greenfield Hyperscale/Colocation Campus, AI-Ready |
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| City Name | Osaka |
| Population | ~2.7 Million (Osaka City) |
| Urban Agglomeration | ~19.3 Million (Kansai Metropolitan Area) |
| Economic Profile | 🔒 Detailed city intelligence available to subscribers |
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