KDDI Osaka Sakai AI Data Center
Former Sharp Sakai Plant site, Sakai-ku, Sakai, Osaka, Japan (distinct facility from SoftBank's adjacent Stargate Japan site)
Japan
is #14 in AI funding.
Japan sits in the upper half of the AI race — $668M of all-time AI capital across 7 orgs, and 78 MW of operational AI compute across 4 datacenters.One company — Sakana AI — is 72% of all AI funding in Japan.
LIVE #14 OF 49 COUNTRIES 1% OF WORLD UPDATED 2026-05-08
FUNDING
$668M
all-time AI capital raised
#14/ 49 AI ORGS
7
notable AI organisations
#9/ 49 NOTABLE MODELS
1
shipped to date
#12/ 49 OPERATIONAL MW
78 MW
across 4 live DCs
#10/ 49 Where Japan sitsall countries ranked by AI funding
RANK-SPACED · HEIGHT ∝ SQRT(FUNDING) NAVY = JAPAN
Japan 1/100 rest of world 99/100
Japan =
1%
of world AI funding tracked.
Total AI funding worldwide: $407.8B across 49 countries.
Japan: $668M · rank #14 of 49countries.
Japan: $668M · rank #14 of 49countries.
SRC: epoch · forbes · cbi · manual-gaps 1 SQUARE = 1% OF WORLD AI FUNDING
CLICK TILE → ORG PROFILE NAVY TILE = #1 IN JAPAN
6 datacenters 78 MW live · 150 MW planned
operational planned total: 228 MW
FACILITY POWER STATUS
48 MW
operational
Fugaku (RIKEN R-CCS)
RIKEN Center for Computational Science, 7-1-26 Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
30 MW
operational
ABCI 3.0 (AIST)
AIST Kashiwa Center, 1-1-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
—
operational
Sakura Internet Ishikari
Ishikari, Hokkaido, Japan
—
operational
SoftBank Sakai AI Data Center (Stargate Japan)
Former Sharp Sakai LCD plant, 1 Takumi-cho, Sakai-ku, Sakai, Osaka, Japan
150 MW
planned
RIKYU (RIKEN R-CCS)
RIKEN Center for Computational Science, 7-1-26 Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
—
planned
BAR HEIGHT ∝ MW · SORTED LIVE-FIRST, THEN POWER 4 LIVE / 6 TOTAL
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