Mainland Japan AI infrastructure is finally starting to accelerate; a 7x CAPEX is no small amount. Let's see if Sakura Internet can achieve scale effects.

CryptoWorld News, Japan data center cloud computing service provider Sakura Internet plans to increase capital expenditure in the 2026 fiscal year to nearly 7 times the original plan to meet the domestic demand for artificial intelligence. The company's president, Kunihiro Tanaka, stated that they expect to purchase new GPUs between April 2026 and March 2027, with investments potentially reaching 20 billion to 30 billion yen (approximately 850 million to 1.28 billion RMB). Previously, Sakura Internet announced on April 27 that the capital expenditure estimate for the 2026 fiscal year was 4.4 billion yen.