DCD Magazine #62 - The coming wave
Will compute at sea sink or swim?
News - KDDI
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
DCD Magazine #62 out now
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Telehouse adds new building to Frankfurt data center campus
Building N adds 5.4MW to campus
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JCOM inks solar vPPA with Osaka Gas in Japan - report
Will support its operations in western Japan
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Nvidia and Samsung to power 6G-ready digital twin for Japan telecom giant
KDDI gets the gang together for AI and RAN-driven venture
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KDDI deploys disaggregated backbone routers in bid to cut network costs by 50%
Carrier continues open networking bet with nationwide DDBR rollout
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KDDI signs third onshore wind vPPA with J-Power in Yurihonjo City, Japan
20-year deal will support construction of 8.4MW onshore wind farm
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Telehouse parent KDDI acquires office site in London's Docklands zoned for data center expansion - report
Education-focused campus has permission for 30MW data center
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KDDI launches data center in Osaka, Japan
Company launches GPU cluster at former Sharp factory in just six months
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Telehouse breaks ground on latest London data center
Telehouse West Two to offer 33MW across nine-stories
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Singapore-Japan SJC2 subsea cable goes live, five years later than originally planned
System goes live soon after plans for next Singapore-Japan cable were announced
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HPE to provide KDDI's Nvidia GPU clusters for Osaka data center
Nvidia GB200 NVL72 platform built by HPE coming to former Sharp LCD factory
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HPE expands its Nvidia AI computing portfolio
Introduces new generation of Private Cloud AI, and announces collaboration with KDDI
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Japan's IIJ expands capacity of Matsue data center
Around 300 racks to be added
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IIJ to expand data center located east of Tokyo, Japan
1,000 racks to be added
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KDDI, Sakura Internet and Hi-Res to establish GPU system in Japan
Companies aim to develop system to enable stable and rapid use of GPUs
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Sharp closes sale of LCD factory in Osaka to KDDI for AI data center
Second deal for Osaka plant following SoftBank sale
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J-Power and KDDI agree 51.5MW wind PPA in Hokkaido, Japan
Expected to be commissioned in 2028
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KDDI to acquire former Sharp LCD manufacturing plant in Osaka, convert it into a data center
Data center set to go live in March 2026
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Japanese cloud companies to build Nvidia AI infrastructure
Efforts supported by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry
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Kyocera plans to sell down its 15% stake in KDDI - report
Wants to sell around a third of the stake
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Groq closes $640m funding round; hires Meta and former HP and Intel execs
Latest round values company at $2.8bn
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Telehouse launches services from three data centers in Toronto, Canada
Company relaunches 151 and 250 Front Street and 905 King Street after acquisition
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Sharp and KDDI to build 'Asia's largest AI data center' in Osaka, Japan
Former LCD screen factory will host newest Nvidia GPUs
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Telehouse appoints Kenkichi Honda as European MD
Honda was previously director at KDDI
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Japanese government to fund $470m AI supercomputer
Funding will be split between five companies
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Google invests $1bn in two new subsea cables connecting the US and Japan
Cables will be built by NEC Corp
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Coloware expands at 151 Front Street West facility in Toronto
Details have not been disclosed
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GITAI tests robot-built lunar communications tower on Earth
Early test in partnership with KDDI
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KDDI to deploy telecoms infrastructure for Philippines' first subway system
Subway project due to complete in 2029