Itochu plans roughly 10 Japanese data centers by 2030, each providing approximately 50 megawatts of power capacity.

Itochu plans to enter data-center development by investing several hundred billion yen in approximately 10 Japanese facilities by 2030. Each planned data center is expected to provide around 50 megawatts of power capacity.

The proposed facilities would be located in the Tokyo metropolitan area, the Osaka region, Kyushu, and other Japanese markets. Itochu plans to bring one or two projects into operation annually and lease them to customers including U.S. technology companies.

Itochu would acquire the land and oversee construction, treating the projects as part of its real-estate business. It ultimately plans to sell the completed data centers to third parties to improve asset-use efficiency.

The company may also work with East Japan Railway Company (JR East), which owns land, operates power-generation assets, and has relationships with electric utilities. The cited report estimates Japan’s data-center services market at ¥5.65 trillion in 2030, approximately 30% above its 2025 level.