Japan Datacenter Forecast, 2025-2029

This IDC study forecasts the number of sites, total floor footprint, and power capacity (IT load) of datacenters (DCs) installed in Japan by DC size, location area, and year of building completion."The demand for the installation of AI servers is contributing to increased power capacity at datacenters," says Mimei Ito, research manager, Software and Services, IDC Japan.This is the English translation of the Japanese document IDC #JPJ52156225.

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Executive Summary

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Market Forecast

• Japan Datacenter Number of Sites, Total Floor Footprint, and Power Capacity
• Japan Datacenter Number of Sites and Total Floor Footprint
  • Forecast by Size
  • Forecast by Location
  • Forecast by Year Completed
  • Forecast by Facility Operator Type
  • Hyperscale Datacenter Capacity
• Japan Internal Datacenter Number of Sites, Total Floor Footprint and Power Capacity
  • Forecast by Scale
  • Forecast by Location
  • Forecast by Year Completed

Market Context

• Drivers and Inhibitors
  • Drivers
    • Hyperscale Datacenter Expansion by Cloud SPs
    • Expanded Use of AI Workloads
    • Increasing Demand for Connectivity Datacenters
  • Inhibitors
    • Rising Construction Costs
• Significant Market Developments
  • Trends in New Construction and Expansion of Commercial DCs
  • Demand for Space to Install AI Servers
• Changes from Prior Forecast

Market Definition

• Installation-Based Definition
• Number of Sites Definition
• Definition of Total Floor Footprint
• Definition of Power Capacity
• Definition of Location
• Definition of Year Completed
• Definition of Facility Operator Type (Business Datacenter Only)
• Datacenter Service Definition
  • (1) Colocation
  • (2) Hosting

Methodology

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