[Japan] NVIDIA and Noetra launch national AI infrastructure with Japanese government support

As of July 16, 2026, NVIDIA announced a partnership with Noetra Corp. with support from Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) to develop what it describes as the world's first national AI infrastructure for physical AI. [1] The initiative will establish an AI factory that will provide 140 megawatts of data center capacity and serve as the computing foundation for METI's FRONTia Project. The project is intended to support AI development while strengthening Japan's digital infrastructure and industrial competitiveness. According to NVIDIA, the AI factory will make AI computing resources and pretrained models broadly available to Japanese developers and enterprises. The initiative aligns with Japan's broader strategy to expand AI infrastructure and support growing demand for advanced computing capacity.

[1] https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/japan-government-industrial-leaders-and-nvidia-launch-the-worlds-first-national-ai-infrastructure