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With the rapid spread of artificial intelligence (AI), the importance of data centers is increasing. Currently, there is a potential shortage of data centers to support generative AI and the AI of the next few years, and there are challenges such as how to secure the large amounts of electricity consumed by data centers. While […]

Japan is a country susceptible to natural disasters such as earthquakes, typhoons, and river floods. Historically, it has been crucial to manage data in locations that are resistant to such natural disasters and can minimize damage, ensuring stable operation of data centers.   Disaster-resistant locations are areas without nearby active faults, and regions not at […]

The repurposing of former factory sites of Japan’s leading manufacturers into data center locations is gaining momentum. The appeal of these sites for data center use lies in their vast land areas and ease of securing power supply. This article introduces the specific situations of these developments.   1. Marelli Australian real estate development giant […]

IDC Japan has released an analysis regarding the demand for hyperscale data centers in Japan. The analysis suggests that by the end of 2045, the demand for hyperscale data centers could reach approximately four times the domestic capacity of 2023.   Note: Hyperscale data centers are massive data centers used by mega-cloud service providers such […]

On the 5th, the market capitalization of the US semiconductor giant NVIDIA surpassed $3 trillion (approximately 468 trillion yen) for the first time.   NVIDIA’s market capitalization first broke the $2 trillion mark in February this year. The company’s performance has been rapidly expanding, supported by semiconductors for generative AI. It has increased its presence […]

In May 2024, OpenAI released the latest model of ChatGPT, “GPT-4o”.   It is a cutting-edge multimodal AI that can process text, voice, and images in an integrated manner, and it is attracting attention because it will also be implemented in the free version of ChatGPT.   Generative AI has a major impact on the […]

On April 18, US Oracle announced it would invest $8 billion (approximately 1.2 trillion yen) in data centers in Japan over the next 10 years. Additionally, US OpenAI also announced its entry into the Japanese market.   Along with other major US cloud companies like Microsoft, the total amount of announced investments in Japan this […]

In March 2024, NVIDIA, a leading semiconductor company, announced the launch of the next-generation AI semiconductor “Blackwell B200” GPU.   What is B200?   “Blackwell B200” is a combination of two chips of the same size as the company’s previous products, and the number of transistors that greatly affect performance is 208 billion, compared to […]

In February 2024, OpenAI, famous for Chat GPT, announced a new video generation AI named “Sora”. As of April 2024, however, “Sora” is not yet available to the general public, and its pricing details remain undisclosed. “Sora” is a next-generation AI system that builds upon OpenAI’s large-scale language model, GPT-4, with further enhancements. With just […]

NVIDIA announced its fiscal year earnings for January 2024 on February 21st. The annual revenue reached $60.9 billion, marking a 126% increase from the previous year, with operating profit soaring to $33 billion, an increase by 7.8 times.   For the fourth quarter (November to January), the revenue was $22.1 billion, a 265% increase year-over-year, […]