Amazon Web Services (AWS) reportedly outlined plans to invest JPY2.6 trillion ($15.2 billion) in Japan’s cloud computing infrastructure from now until 2027, backing the country’s aims to become a leading global AI player.
In an announcement seen by Reuters, AWS stated the capital will be put into expanding its cloud facilities in Tokyo and Osaka to meet a growing customer demand, as well as to support the country’s AI economy.
The investment builds on the company’s earlier investment of JPY1.5 trillion in the period between 2011 and 2022 and comes as Japan ramps up its attempts to improve the development of AI in various sectors.
SoftBank Group has also emerged as a prominent player in the country looking to advance AI, and the company’s mobile unit secured a deal in September 2023 with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI to offer services powered by the technology to local businesses.
Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida also met with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Nvidia CEO Jansen Huang to discuss the country’s AI and semiconductor infrastructure.
Last July, the Japanese government linked with the European Union representatives to explore cooperation in key technologies, with nations exploring work on AI governance.
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