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Offering GPU Test Drive “GAT” at the Soya Green Data Center I (Tentative Name), Powered by Clean Energy
NEXTY Electronics Corporation (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director, President: Tsuyoshi Yamada; hereinafter “NEXTY Electronics”), an electronics trading company within the Toyota Tsusho Group, is pleased to announce that it will offer “GAT*1,” a GPU test drive service for proof-of-concept projects, at the Soya Green Data Center I (Tentative Name)—a joint initiative between Toyota Tsusho Corporation (hereinafter “Toyota Tsusho”) and Eurus Energy Holdings Corporation (hereinafter “Eurus Energy”)—with full-scale operations targeted for January 2028, providing end-to-end support for AI development. We will establish a GPU cloud infrastructure testing environment powered by clean energy, designed to support the growing adoption of AI applications such as agentic AI and digital twins.
*1: A GPU trial environment service specialized for the mobility sector that utilizes cutting-edge GPU servers and provides support up to the application layer.
Background
Japan’s AI market has experienced rapid growth driven by the emergence of generative AI, and while practical AI applications continue to expand, structural infrastructure challenges have become increasingly apparent.
Stable operation of high-density GPU clusters requires power supplies ranging from tens to hundreds of kilowatts. However, existing data centers concentrated in urban areas face significant limitations in power capacity, cost, and renewable energy adoption, making sustainable expansion of AI infrastructure increasingly difficult.
Advances in generative AI and related technologies have driven explosive growth in demand for GPU computing resources. However, Japan currently lacks the infrastructure to deploy GPU clusters flexibly and rapidly, creating a bottleneck that slows the entire cycle from R&D to social implementation.
Japan’s primary GPU resources and AI infrastructure are heavily dependent on data centers located in the Tokyo metropolitan area. This situation poses a significant threat to the resilience of AI-powered social and industrial infrastructure, making geographic distribution and multi-site deployment an urgent priority from a business continuity management perspective.
Overview of the Soya Green Data Center I (Tentative Name)
The Soya Green Data Center I (Tentative Name) will be constructed adjacent to the Kabaoka Wind Farm, a wind power facility operated by the Eurus Energy Group in Wakkanai City, Hokkaido, making it Japan’s first data center to receive “pure green power*2” directly from an on-site renewable energy source.
Under this project, Toyota Tsusho will provide data center services, while Eurus Energy will supply the land, building, and pure green power.
*2: Pure green power refers to green electricity transmitted directly from a wind power plant via a private power line, rather than “deemed” renewable electricity combined with non-fossil certificates or similar mechanisms or electricity supplied through the grid of a general transmission and distribution utility.
NEXTY Electronics to Offer “GAT” Powered by Pure Green Power
NEXTY Electronics will deploy “GAT,” a GPU test drive service for proof-of-concept projects operated jointly with GDEP ADVANCE, Inc. (hereinafter “GDEP Advance”), at the Soya Green Data Center I (Tentative Name). By establishing a testing environment powered by pure green power and providing a runtime environment integrated with AI development software, we will deliver comprehensive support for AI development.
Targeting full-scale operations in January 2028, we will initially deploy a minimum-configuration GPU cluster and begin operations in a validation phase. We will then scale up incrementally, positioning the facility as a distributed GPU test drive hub. Looking ahead, we plan to expand use cases across a wide range of sectors including universities and research institutions, offering a next-generation AI development PoC environment that goes beyond conventional cloud services.
By delivering the high-performance GPU test drive “GAT” powered by clean energy, we are committed to contributing to both a sustainable society and technological advancement.
*NEXTY Electronics, together with Eurus Energy and GDEP Advance, was selected on September 25, 2025 as an indirect subsidy recipient for the “Development Project for Specified Telecommunications Facilities including Data Centers” under the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications’ FY2024 supplementary budget program “Digital Infrastructure Resilience through Regional Distribution of Data Centers.”
■Reference Information:
Press release by GDEP Advance (Japanese only): Link
Press release by Toyota Tsusho regarding Soya Green Data Center I (Tentative Name): Link
About GAT services (Japanese only): Link
■ About NEXTY Electronics
Company name: NEXTY Electronics Corporation
Address: Shinagawa Front Building, 2-3-13, Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo
NEXTY Electronics, an electronics trading company within the Toyota Tsusho Group, boasts top-of-class scale in the automotive industry. By actively deploying cutting-edge technologies such as autonomous driving into other industries, NEXTY Electronics focuses on technologies and commercial products that meet customer and social needs in a variety of areas while also helping to provide solutions to the challenges faced by society. NEXTY Electronics also offers optimum solutions that transcend regions and business sectors by leveraging the Toyota Tsusho Group's global network.
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