TOKYO/OSAKA -- SoftBank Corp. plans to use a former Sharp LCD panel plant in Japan as a data center to operate artificial intelligence agents that will be jointly developed with U.S. ChatGPT creator OpenAI, Nikkei has learned.
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SoftBank, OpenAI to run AI agents at former Sharp LCD plant
Investment in Japan facility, one of country's largest, could near $7bn
SoftBank will acquire a Sharp facility to run an AI data center. (Source photos: Nikkei and SoftBank)
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