The ESR Group, a new owner and manager of the new economy, and stack infrastructure, a digital infrastructure provider, have announced that they will create and operate a new data center as part of a multi-phase 72 MW data center development in Japan.
In a press release, the companies found that the campus in Kehanna was developed in the Japanese region of Kansai in Kansai, where the construction in the first building Kix01a started with 18 MW from IT capacity. It is expected that it is ready in the second quarter of 2027. This facility was pre -certified as a LEED gold for sustainable building design and construction.
Stuart Gibson, a co-founder of the ESR Group and Co-CEO, said: “By combining our strengths and skills with stack, we can meet the needs of our hyperscale customers in a growing market and increase for our investors.”
DIARMID Massey, CEO of ESR data centers, said the choice of the location: “Kansai has a growing demand for modern, energy-efficient digital infrastructure. The campus of the ESR stack Kehanna will provide state-of-the-art data center, scalability and flexibility in supporting hypalians and large companies that support hypalers in a market.
Pithambar (Preet) Gona, Chief Executive Officer from Stack APAC, said: “Japan is still one of the most important and fastest growing data center markets in APAC, and our expansion to the Kansai region in combination with our existing 36 mW campus in Tokyo reflects the engagement of Stack in the entire strategic capacity in the entire region against. ” “
The joint venture on Kix01a extends the partnership between ESR and Stack in APAC, which includes a 48 -MW data center development in Incheon, South Korea, to support strong demand in artificial intelligence, cloud and 5G+ technologies. KIX01A is also part of the ESR pipeline of four data center assets in Japan and 2GW secured land and electricity via APAC. The first Hoferscale location of ESR, the 25 -MW cosmosquare OS1 data center in Osaka, is ready for service in June 2025.