Japan eyes $140bn AI data centre push with Dell and JERA, FT reports

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Japan’s biggest power generator is teaming up with Dell to build AI data centres across the country. The push could cost as much as $140bn, the Financial Times reported. JERA, Dell and UK developer RHAELM signed a non-binding agreement on Thursday, JERA said. Private equity firm Apollo will help fund the work as RHAELM’s financing partner.The first project sits next to JERA’s gas-fired power station in Chiba, east of Tokyo…