NTT mulls building 1st key data center for Anthropic in Japan

Major telecommunications provider NTT Inc. is considering building the first core data center for U.S. artificial intelligence startup Anthropic in Japan, a source familiar with the matter said Wednesday.The construction cost for the data center, to be built in a coastal area in southern Osaka Prefecture and handled by NTT Data Group Corp., is expected to total roughly 1 trillion yen ($6.3 billion), making it one of the leading projects in the country.Anthropic opened its first office in Asia in Tokyo in October last year and the launch of a data center is expected to help the company expan…READ FULL ARTICLE