en.Wedoany.com Reported - Recently, Japan's Community Network Center (CNCI), JPIX, and At Tokyo announced a joint initiative to establish a new data center and network connection node in Nagoya, Japan, with operations slated to begin in April 2027. The new facility will consolidate data center colocation, internet exchange, cloud platform connectivity, and regional access lines at a single location, forming a digital infrastructure hub for enterprises, local governments, public institutions, and communication service providers in central Japan.
The core of the project is the "CNCI Nagoya First Center (NGO1)" built by CNCI. This center will provide server room space, equipment monitoring, and remote maintenance support, while connecting to communication lines laid by 12 CNCI Group companies in Aichi Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture, and other regions, enabling customers to connect to the data center via regional access networks. The currently announced construction details focus primarily on server room services and network access; the building area, number of racks, and power capacity have not yet been disclosed.
JPIX will deploy an internet exchange node within NGO1 and connect it to the JPIX Tokyo and JPIX Osaka networks via high-capacity backbone lines. Operators, cloud service providers, and content platforms can directly exchange internet traffic in Nagoya, eliminating the need for some communication services to route through Tokyo or Osaka for interconnection. The new exchange node will also provide an independent network path for central Japan, offering more transmission options for cross-regional services in the event of line failures in the Tokyo metropolitan area or Kansai region.
At Tokyo will establish the ATBeX Nagoya access point at the center, connecting the Nagoya node to its data center and network service system. Enterprises can access public cloud services such as Amazon AWS, Google Cloud, IBM Cloud, Microsoft Azure, and Oracle Cloud through this platform, while also connecting to other internet exchanges and digital service platforms. With data center, internet exchange, and cloud access capabilities centralized, customers can reduce redundant investments in separately procuring server rooms, dedicated lines, and cloud connection services.
Japan's data centers and large-scale network exchange facilities have long been concentrated in Tokyo and Osaka. As data traffic from artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and content distribution services increases, the demand for low-latency connectivity and local data processing in Nagoya and the surrounding manufacturing cluster is also rising. This tripartite collaboration combines regional fiber access, data colocation, internet traffic exchange, and cloud service connections at a single node, providing central Japan with a more complete local network infrastructure.
NGO1 is scheduled to begin operations in April 2027. Subsequently, CNCI will oversee server room and regional line operations, JPIX will provide internet exchange and cross-regional backbone connectivity, and At Tokyo will manage cloud platform and other digital service access. The three parties will use this node to explore a construction model for regional distributed data centers and network interconnection facilities in Japan.
