Today, Gow Data and Gaw Capital (Gaw Capital) announced that they have reached a cooperation. The two sides will jointly invest in the construction of a data center park with a total IT capacity of 40 MW in Tokyo, Japan. The signing of this agreement marks GDS's further expansion of its international business footprint into Northeast Asia, successfully entering the Japanese market, and fully meeting the growing demand for digital infrastructure in the region.
Wanguo Data Chairman and CEO Huang Wei (left) and Wu Jitai, President and Managing Partner of Jihui Capital (right)
According to the agreement, the two sides plan to develop an operator-neutral data center park on two adjacent plots within Fuchu Intelligent Park (Fuchu Intelligent Park) acquired by Jihui Capital. The plot is less than 30 km from central Tokyo, which can meet the huge local demand for secure, scalable, advanced and high-performance digital infrastructure. The park covers a total area of 10,969 square meters, and the IT capacity is expected to reach 40MW. It is scheduled to be put into operation by the end of 2026. After completion, it will become the largest data center cluster in Fuchu City. Currently, Wanguo Data has received initial orders from some customers.
Huang Wei, Chairman and CEO of GDS, said, “Japan is one of the three core data center markets in the Asia-Pacific region, ranking in the top ten in the world in terms of market size. The successful entry into the Japanese market through this cooperation with GFX Capital indicates that our international business has fully covered the three most important markets in the Asia-Pacific region other than mainland China: Hong Kong, China, the Southeast Asia region with SIJORI (Singapore-Johor-Riau Islands) as the core, and the Japanese market, which is of great significance to our global development. As AI demand grows rapidly in the future, we believe GDS's international business will grow rapidly.”
Japan is currently one of the largest first-tier data center markets in the world, and the total IT load under development exceeds 3,000 MW*. As Japan's largest data center hub, the Tokyo metropolitan area is famous for its extensive domestic and international connectivity and coverage, and is an ideal base for GDS to enter the Japanese market.
Kenneth Gaw (Kenneth Gaw), President and Managing Partner of Gaihui Capital, said, “Today will be an important time for Fuchu to move towards a digital future. This cooperation combines the global real estate experience of Jihui Capital with GDS's expertise in the safe operation of high-performance data centers to jointly provide customers with cutting-edge data solutions to fully meet the current and future needs of various types of enterprises in the region.”
Jihui Capital is a private equity fund management company focusing on the Asia-Pacific region and other high entry threshold markets around the world. The successful cooperation with Universal Data shows that the two sides have a common vision to promote the upgrading of Japan's digital infrastructure industry.