NTT Data in final talks to build Anthropic's first data centre in Japan, Nikkei reports

TOKYO, - Japan's NTT Data Group, a unit of telecommunications giant NTT, is in the final stages of talks to build a data centre in Osaka, western Japan, for US AI company Anthropic, the Nikkei business daily reported on Tuesday, citing multiple sources.

Construction costs could reach up to 1 trillion yen ($6.3 billion), report says

To be first dedicated facility in Japan for Anthropic


Data centre would have power intake capacity of up to 500 megawatts, with start of partial operations set for as early as 2028

NTT Data, Anthropic aim to sign agreement by the end of fiscal 2026 ending on March 31

NTT declines comment, NTT Group not immediately available for comment