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SoftBank building domestic AI server manufacturing base as Japan pursues sovereign compute independence.
Major regional player investing in owned infrastructure to reduce US dependency; Japan's compute sovereignty strategy hardening.
Trade pressSlicast · June 24, 2026 · US · Source: Google News
importance 88SoftBank, the telecom arm of SoftBank Group (SBG), is moving to localize a larger part of Japan's AI infrastructure stack, with plans to begin domestic AI server production in fiscal 2027 at the former Sharp Sakai plant in Osaka.