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Digital Realty Trust boosts Japan data center investment by $10B

Open the sourceReported by Crypto Briefing, cryptobriefing.com, 15 November 2026, by Diego Almada Lopez

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Digital Realty Trust is adding $10 billion to its Japan data center investment program, expanding its commitment to AI-ready infrastructure in the country. The move deepens the REIT's long-term bet on Japanese data center capacity as demand for artificial intelligence computing grows across the region. The expansion is aimed at strengthening regional tech capabilities and supporting the power-intensive workloads that AI deployments require. It matters because data center capacity is becoming a binding constraint on AI buildouts, and Japan has emerged as a key market for hyperscale and enterprise demand. What to watch next is how quickly the new capital is deployed into shovels-ready projects and whether peers follow with similar Japan commitments.

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