TOKYO -- SoftBank Corp. has obtained exclusive negotiating rights with Sharp to purchase a portion of the land and facilities where the Japanese electronics manufacturer makes panels for TVs in Sakai, Osaka prefecture, Nikkei has learned.
SoftBank plans to build a data center on the site for artificial intelligence applications. It intends to equip the data center with high-performance chips and make it a large base that can be leased to outside companies and others that develop and operate AI.
