Nvidia-Backed Firm Eyes Data Center Near Japan’s Nuclear Power

An Nvidia Corp.-backed cloud services firm wants to build a new data center in Japan, with one prerequisite: there should be nuclear power available nearby.

Tokyo-based Ubitus K.K. is looking to acquire land in Kyoto, Shimane or a prefecture in Japan’s southern island of Kyushu, primarily because of the availability of nuclear power in the region, Chief Executive Officer Wesley Kuo said in an interview on Thursday. The firm, which already has two data centers for gaming, plans to build a third to serve generative artificial intelligence, he said.