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.


IDC Market Forecast Figure

Executive Summary

Advice for Technology Suppliers

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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