ESR, an Asia Pacific–focused real asset owner and manager, and Colt Data Centre Services (Colt DCS), a global provider of hyperscale, artificial intelligence (AI) and large enterprise data center solutions, have entered into a joint venture to develop the first phase of a 130-megawatt hyperscale data center site in Minoh City, Osaka, Japan.
The first phase, comprising 65 megawatts, will be designed and built by the ESR–Colt DCS joint venture and operated by Colt DCS. Strategically located in Asia Pacific’s second-largest data center market, the campus will support Japan’s accelerating public cloud adoption, digital transformation and AI solutions.
Site preparation work is already under way, with initial data center building construction scheduled to begin in 2027 and expected to be ready for service in late 2029.
The partnership brings together Colt DCS’ proven operational excellence and more than 25 years of development experience in Japan with ESR’
