SoftBank, OpenAI to call on 500 firms to help build Japan AI network

Initiative envisions infrastructure from data centers to power plants

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Open AI CEO Sam Altman and SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son will meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Feb 3. (Source photos by Reuters and Nikkei)

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TOKYO -- Japanese tech investor SoftBank Group and OpenAI aim to build out Japan's artificial intelligence infrastructure, including the construction of AI-oriented data centers and power plants.

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