# SoftBank/OpenAI Sakai AI Data Center (former Sharp LCD plant)

AI data center campus tracked on DEPLOY: announced-vs-energized capacity, each figure dated and sourced.

- **Canonical ID:** 7cc3015d-47e3-41e5-b9f1-3f120ead46ef
- **Type:** AI data center campus
- **Location:** Sakai, Osaka, Japan
- **Lifecycle state:** under_construction
- **Announced capacity (GW):** 0.15
- **Energized capacity (GW):** 0
- **Announced-to-energized gap (GW):** 0.15

## Capacity ledger (append-only, dated, sourced)

- announced: 0.15 GW · reported · as of 2025-03-14 · https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/14/softbank-buys-676m-old-sharp-plant-for-its-openai-collab-in-japan
- announced: 0.25 GW · claimed · as of 2025-03-14 · https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/softbank-buys-former-sharp-factory-for-676m-to-build-ai-data-center-in-osaka-japan/
- announced: 0.4 GW · reported · as of 2024-06-07 · https://www.softbank.jp/en/corp/news/press/sbkk/2024/20240607_01/
- energized: 0 GW · reported · as of 2025-03-14 · https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/14/softbank-buys-676m-old-sharp-plant-for-its-openai-collab-in-japan

## Parties

- SoftBank Group (developer): https://registry.deploy.report/companies/softbank-group

## Common questions


**What is SoftBank/OpenAI Sakai AI Data Center (former Sharp LCD plant)?**

SoftBank/OpenAI Sakai AI Data Center (former Sharp LCD plant) is an AI data center campus tracked on the DEPLOY registry, located in Sakai. DEPLOY records its capacity as a dated, sourced ledger: announced gigawatts versus actually energized gigawatts, never a press-release total.

**How much power will SoftBank/OpenAI Sakai AI Data Center (former Sharp LCD plant) use?**

SoftBank/OpenAI Sakai AI Data Center (former Sharp LCD plant) has 0.15 GW of announced capacity on the DEPLOY registry, of which 0 GW is recorded as energized, an announced-to-energized gap of 0.15 GW. Each figure is individually dated and sourced.

**Is SoftBank/OpenAI Sakai AI Data Center (former Sharp LCD plant) operating yet?**

As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, SoftBank/OpenAI Sakai AI Data Center (former Sharp LCD plant) is under construction. DEPLOY tracks the lifecycle from announced through energized, so the current state reflects sourced evidence, not the original announcement.

**How verified is the data on SoftBank/OpenAI Sakai AI Data Center (former Sharp LCD plant)?**

A human editor has reviewed this record for the indexed registry. Every capacity figure is an append-only, dated claim resolved to the highest-evidence tier; superseded claims are kept but excluded from the current view.

## Sources

- SoftBank buys $676M old Sharp plant for its OpenAI collab in Japan: https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/14/softbank-buys-676m-old-sharp-plant-for-its-openai-collab-in-japan
- SoftBank buys former Sharp factory for $676m to build AI data center in Osaka, Japan: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/softbank-buys-former-sharp-factory-for-676m-to-build-ai-data-center-in-osaka-japan/
- SoftBank, OpenAI to run AI agents at former Sharp LCD plant: https://asia.nikkei.com/business/technology/artificial-intelligence/softbank-openai-to-run-ai-agents-at-former-sharp-lcd-plant

Canonical: https://registry.deploy.report/datacenters/softbank-openai-sakai-osaka
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