Nvidia, Noetra to Build AI Factory to Power Japan's AI Ambitions

By Sherry Qin

Nvidia is partnering with Japan's Noetra Corp. to build an AI factory to support the country's artificial-intelligence infrastructure.

The U.S. chip giant and Noetra, a new company established by a consortium of Japanese firms, including SoftBank Corp. and Sony Group Corp., will build the AI factory to provide the computing foundation to develop multimodal foundation models for physical AI, Nvidia said Thursday.

The initiative, supported by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, is part of Japan's effort to accelerate its AI development. Japan released its AI robotics strategy in March, setting a goal for the country to capture more than 30% of the global AI robotics market by 2040.

The AI factory will feature 13,750 Vera central processing units and 27,500 Rubin graphics processing units, delivering 140 megawatts of data-center capacity. As the AI factory expands, it will support AI model training, giving organizations across Japan access to one of the world's most advanced AI environments.

In a separate release, Noetra said the AI factory is scheduled to begin construction in April 2027, with operations expected to begin in June 2028.

Noetra, along with its core member companies and investors, have launched research and development for a homegrown multimodal foundation model to power AI-enabled robots and physical AI.

Noetra aims to develop a foundation model capable of seamlessly processing text, images, video and audio by fiscal 2028, it added.

Write to Sherry Qin at sherry.qin@wsj.com

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July 16, 2026 05:04 ET (09:04 GMT)