Global investment manager GLP is making its foray into the Japan data center market, with a target of delivering 900 megawatts of power capacity, making the company one of the top data center operators in the country.
GLP is planning to invest more than JPY 1.5 trillion ($12 billion) over the next five years to support increasing demand for high-performance and environmentally friendly data centers in Japan. The firm will focus its investments in the regions of Greater Tokyo and Greater Osaka, which are the most active and demanding areas for online consumption and digital applications.
GLP has already secured land to develop state-of-the art data center assets and expects to break ground on its first Japan data center campus in Greater Tokyo in 2023. The first building is expected to be ready for service starting in 2024.
The expansion is part of GLP’s buildout of its 2,500-megawatt digital infrastructure business. In China, the firm is one of the largest ver
