ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (Japan), has officially launched STT Tokyo 1, its first data centre facility in the country. Located in Inzai City in the Greater Tokyo area, this strategically positioned facility will have up to 32 MW of IT capacity when fully operational.
It is the first of two buildings in the company’s data centre campus located within Goodman Business Park. With a gross floor area of 60,000 square metres, both buildings will eventually support up to 70 MW of IT capacity in total.
Emphasis on Sustainability
In a press release, the company revealed that STT Tokyo 1 adheres to Japan Data Centre Council (JDCC) guidelines—a critical requirement for local customers. It also features a behind-the-meter solar photovoltaic system that powers essential operations including external façade lighting, electric vehicle charging stations, and water pumps.
“STT Tokyo 1 reflects the best of STT GDC’s global expertise that we are bringing to Japan – operational excellence, future-ready infrastructure, and sustainability embedded by design,” said Kiyoshi Maeda, Chief Executive Officer – Japan, ST Telemedia Global Data Centres.
Japan’s growing digital infrastructure market
The facility aims to address the growing demand for energy-efficient digital infrastructure from global cloud service providers, financial services institutions, content platforms and other Japanese enterprises.
Research firm IDC projects Japan’s rapidly expanding data centre market to grow from 2.74 trillion yen in 2023 to 5.08 trillion yen (US$34.6 billion) by 2028. This growth will be fuelled by growing reliance on cloud computing services, increasing requirements for AI technologies, the trend of outsourcing IT services, and the movement toward data onshoring. Japan will also see the addition of eight more submarine cables to its existing 40 operational submarine cables, which are expected to become operational between 2025-2027.
