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Data Center Dynamics // CyrusOne has broken ground on its first data center construction project in Japan.
Summary
- CyrusOne has entered the Japanese market through a groundbreaking ceremony for their first Asian data center - CyrusOne KEP OSK1 - being built outside Osaka in partnership with Kansai Electric Power Co. (KEPCO), featuring 48MW of IT capacity and scheduled to deliver its first phase by Q1 2028.
- The project represents the first step in an ambitious joint venture between CyrusOne and KEPCO announced in May 2023, with plans to invest one trillion yen ($7 billion) over the next decade to develop data centers across Japan, targeting a total business scale of 900MW of power capacity.
