Japan eyes $140bn AI data centre push with Dell and JERA, FT reports
Japan’s biggest power generator is teaming up with Dell to build AI data centres across the country. The push could cost as much as $140bn, the Financial Times reported.
JERA, Dell and UK developer RHAELM signed a non-binding agreement on Thursday, JERA said. Private equity firm Apollo will help fund the work as RHAELM’s financing partner.
The first project sits next to JERA’s gas-fired power station in Chiba, east of Tokyo. It will draw about 400 megawatts and cost more than $15bn, or ¥2.3tn, across all phases.
Operations are due to start around 2028. The FT said the site would be among Asia’s largest outside China.
Skipping the grid queue
The plan’s selling point is speed. The data centre will take power straight from JERA’s plant, rather than wait years for a grid connection.
“We can deliver a 400MW facility years ahead of a conventional grid-connected timeline,” said Bradd Lewis,...
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