AirTrunk unveiled its first data centre in Japan, AirTrunk TOK1 (TOK1). The new facility is scalable to over 300 megawatts (MW), which will make it the country’s largest data centre campus, ready to power Japan’s shift to the cloud. TOK1 becomes AirTrunk’s sixth in operation, joining SYD1, SYD2 and MEL1 in Australia, SGP1 in Singapore and HKG1 in Hong Kong. Earlier in November, the company also announced a third Sydney data centre, SYD3, as flagship SYD1 nears full capacity.
TOK1, strategically located in Inzai Chiba Prefecture, will service the major cloud availability zone in the Tokyo region. The initial phases provide more than 60MW of capacity for AirTrunk’s hyperscale anchor customers. Spanning 13.25 hectares, the campus is ready to scale to a total of seven buildings and more than 300MW of total capacity, powered by dedicated onsite 66kV substations. A major new utility sub-station adjacent to TOK1 will provide AirTrunk with strategic access to utility power in the Inzai area.
TOK1 was designed to a low power usage effectiveness (PUE) of 1.15, making it the most efficient facility in the country. It also features a solar-ready roof, equipped to add 4,000 m2 of solar panels able to generate nearly 1 million kWh of power per year. AirTrunk said it's also working closely with the utility provider and renewable project developers to offer customers innovative and commercially attractive energy and renewable energy supply options.
The initial phase of TOK1 was delivered in only 45 weeks. Over 500 people worked approximately 550,000 work hours with no lost time injuries, a testament to the collaborative effort between AirTrunk and its construction partners in prioritising safe work practices, the company said.
