Japan to pay for half of $100m generative AI supercomputer

Sakura Internet's new machine to triple processing capacity in country

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Sakura Internet operates five data centers in Japan, including this one in Osaka. (Photo by Kosaku Mimura)

RIHO NAGAO, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- The Japanese government will cover half the cost of a new supercomputer being built in Hokkaido, which alone will triple the nation's processing capabilities for developing generative artificial intelligence.

The cloud service provider Sakura Internet is assembling the supercomputer in Ishikari city. The supercomputer is expected to begin service as soon as next year, specializing in large language model training necessary for developing generative AI.

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