ESR Group has begun construction of its first 19.2-megawatt (MW) data center, ESR Cosmosquare OS1, at Nanko Kita, Osaka, Japan.
ESR Cosmosquare is a 96MW hyperscale DC campus being developed over three phases (OS1, OS2 and OS3) in Nanko Kita, within 10 kilometers (6 miles) of the major internet and telecom exchanges in Osaka central business district (CBD). The OS1 site will be completed in July 2024 and is designed for cloud service providers, data center operators and enterprises that are already providing services in Osaka CBD and for those that wish to bring new services into central Osaka.
The data center market in Japan, which encompasses facilities, hosting, outsourcing, and managed services, was valued at $10.7 billion in fiscal year 2021. With the growing importance of information technology operations and solutions, the market is projected to increase steadily in the coming years and to reach a value of $15.2 billion by fiscal year 2027. Japan’s booming dem
