This IDC study summarizes the qualitative and quantitative analysis of the Japan private cloud market based on information collected by early September 2024.Private clouds have been introduced with the aim of improving IT environment efficiency. On the other hand, adoption has often remained silo based, and the adoption of pioneering technologies, such as cloud native and AI, has lagged behind public clouds. Nowadays, companies are beginning to focus on digital business, and it is becoming increasingly important for them to utilize pioneering technologies in private clouds. "Vendors need to provide support for the use of cloud native and AI and develop sovereign clouds that realize digital sovereignty, and present new value from private clouds," says Satoshi Matsumoto, research director, Software and Services, IDC Japan.This is the English translation of the Japanese document IDC #JPJ51507524.