Hon Hai Group promotes Sharp's transformation into the AI data center field, and after joining hands with industry giants such as KDDI and SoftBank, another major cooperation has surfaced - Japan's top cloud service provider (CSP) and NVIDIA deep partner SAKURA Internet (Sakura Network Co., LTD.) announced, Its AI data center project will be located at Sakai Display Products (SDP), Sharp's cutting-edge panel production base.

This cooperation marks that Sharp's transformation blueprint has been widely recognized by Japanese industry leaders, attracting many leading enterprises to take the initiative to seek cooperation opportunities, not only adding a strong impetus to Hon Hai Group's business territory, but also using Sharp's solid foundation to further enlarge the group's production capacity and influence in the AI server market, and consolidate its leadership position in the field.

Sakura Network Co., LTD., based in Osaka, is the leader in the CSP field in Japan, not only building the fastest network architecture in the country, but also setting the standard in the industry with its excellent Internet service delivery capability. In particular, the company won a bid for government cloud services in Japan last year, creating the first time that a local company has exclusively owned government cloud services, breaking a market pattern long dominated by foreign companies.

Thanks to the strong support of government projects and the surge in market demand, Sakura Networks announced that it will increase its investment in generative AI cloud services, and plans to significantly increase the deployment scale of Gpus from thousands of originally planned to about 10,000, including the latest NVIDIA HGX B200 system. It aims to build a hyperscale cloud architecture with a staggering 18.9EFLOPS computing power by March 2028.

In response to the overwhelming response from the market, Sakura Networks quickly adjusted its procurement strategy, and the purchase of 2,000 Nvidia Gpus originally planned for July 2023 to March 2025 was brought forward to the end of June 2024. In the next three years, the company will also invest about 100 billion yen to purchase the remaining 8,000 Gpus, and the overall purchase volume will reach five times the original set.

These high-performance Gpus will be integrated into servers provided by Sakura Networks to provide powerful computing power support for enterprises committed to generative AI research and development. This initiative will undoubtedly accelerate the innovation and application of generative AI technology and promote the rapid development of the entire industry.

Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang is excited about the partnership with Sakura Networks. During his visit to Japan, he not only met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, but also revealed his intention to deepen cooperation with Japanese companies such as SoftBank and Sakura Network Co., LTD., aiming to jointly explore new development opportunities by integrating generative AI technology and the deep heritage of Japanese manufacturing industry, and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.

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