American cloud company Oracle announced on the 18th, according to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, that it will invest a total of $8 billion (approximately 11 trillion KRW) over the next 10 years to expand data centers in Japan.
According to the report, Oracle is expected to focus on expanding data centers in the two regions where it currently operates data centers, Tokyo and Osaka. This is due to the increased need for data center expansion driven by the development of generative artificial intelligence (AI), which requires massive information processing. The company plans to procure graphics processing units (GPUs) for AI development to enhance its computational capabilities.
The newspaper noted that large-scale investments in Japanese data centers have recently been made mainly by big tech companies such as Microsoft (MS) and Amazon Web Services (AWS), and evaluated that Oracle has also joined this trend.
In addition to capital investment, Oracle plans to refine its information management system by limiting data center operations and customer support personnel to residents within Japan. This move considers customer demand for sensitive information data from government agencies, financial institutions, and others. The newspaper stated, "Against the backdrop of US-China conflicts, the importance of economic security is rapidly increasing," and predicted that this data center expansion will enhance data storage and processing capabilities within Japan.
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