Ishikari Renewable Energy Data Center No. 1 Signs Memorandum of Understanding for Strategic Partnership with Taiwan Chief Telecom
Ishikari Renewable Energy Data Center No. 1 has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a strategic partnership with Taiwan Chief Telecom. The aim of this partnership is to connect Ishikari, Hokkaido, and Taipei, Taiwan, via network and build a digital infrastructure that enables service deployment in both Japan and Taiwan for AI and GPU users.
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Press Release
May 11, 2026
Ishikari Renewable Energy Data Center No. 1 LLC
Flower Communications Inc., which is entrusted with project management operations by Ishikari Renewable Energy Data Center No. 1 LLC (hereinafter referred to as "the LLC"), representing the LLC, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Taiwan Chief Telecom (Headquarters: 2F, #68, Ruiguang Rd., Nei-hu Dist. Taipei 114062, President Johnny Liu). The purpose is to connect Ishikari, Hokkaido, and Taipei, Taiwan, via network and build a digital infrastructure that enables service deployment in both Japan and Taiwan for AI and GPU users of Ishikari Renewable Energy Data Center No. 1 (hereinafter referred to as "Ishikari RE DC1") and Taiwan Chief Telecom.
Ishikari RE DC1 will acquire expertise in housing advanced GPU servers such as B300 and GB300 by collaborating with Taiwan Chief Telecom, a data center operator in Taiwan that manufactures the world's most advanced GPU servers and has introduced their cutting-edge technology. This collaboration will promote the introduction of AI services in Hokkaido.
Main contents of the Memorandum of Understanding:
1. Taiwan Chief Telecom also provides water-cooled colocation services for GPU users at its data center in Taipei, Taiwan. Ishikari RE DC1 plans to provide data hall unit housing and rack unit colocation services through the BBT* Ishikari Shinko site at its data center in Ishikari, Hokkaido. Ishikari RE DC1 will utilize IOWN (All-Photonics Network (APN)), which terminates at the BBT Shin-Otemachi site in Otemachi, Tokyo, from Ishikari, Hokkaido, to build an ultra-high-speed, low-latency network and its PoP (Point of Presence) connecting both data centers in Taipei, Taiwan, and Ishikari, Hokkaido.
*BBT is an abbreviation for Broadband Tower Inc.
2. Both companies will work closely in a cooperative manner to strengthen the products and services they can offer to customers, understand the business and technical requirements of prospective customers regarding data hall unit housing and rack unit colocation services, and propose flexible solutions and pricing that meet or exceed industry standards for prospective customers' requirements, thereby building a fruitful and mutually beneficial business cooperation relationship.
3. To achieve the business objectives stipulated in this Memorandum of Understanding, both companies shall negotiate and conclude service agreements in line with the business objectives described in this Memorandum of Understanding.
(a) Based on this partnership, Taiwan Chief Telecom will verify the existing infrastructure assets, facilities, and the possibility of data center expansion in the Ishikari City RE Zone of Ishikari RE DC1, and consider deploying data center services in Ishikari City, Hokkaido. Both companies will jointly explore business feasibility, infrastructure development status (including power, cooling, space, and regulatory compliance), and commercialization opportunities to support service deployment for Taiwanese companies and AI customers.
(b) A cooperative operational model will be formulated regarding NOC/SOC support, security governance, regulatory compliance, commercial market launch, and pilot deployment of various AI services.
Taiwan Chief Telecom's data center in Taipei is connected to private submarine cables (NCC licensed Telstra, GCX, Reach, Dalight) and consortium submarine cables. Most major fixed-line telecommunication operators in Taiwan have established PoPs within Taiwan Chief Telecom's data center for submarine cable interconnection. Furthermore, Taiwan Chief Telecom became the first service provider to obtain approval from NCC/MODA for submarine cable lease service provision in May 2024, approximately 20 years after submarine cable operator lease licenses were first issued in 2002. Through this partnership, Ishikari, Hokkaido, will also be connected to global submarine cable systems via Taiwan Chief Telecom's data center in Taipei.
■ April 2026 Ishikari Renewable Energy Data Center No. 1 Completion Photo
■ Taiwan Chief Telecom's data center LY2 in Taipei, Taiwan, with water-cooled support for GPU servers
■ Memorandum of Understanding Signing Ceremony (Left: Johnny Liu, President of Taiwan Chief Telecom; Right: Naotaka Yanagawa, Representative Director of Flower Communications)
■ Network connection image between Ishikari, Hokkaido, and Taipei, Taiwan
■ International optical submarine cable network diagram connected at Taiwan Chief Telecom's data center
■ Ishikari Renewable Energy Data Center No. 1
May 11, 2026
Ishikari Renewable Energy Data Center No. 1 LLC
Flower Communications Inc., which is entrusted with project management operations by Ishikari Renewable Energy Data Center No. 1 LLC (hereinafter referred to as "the LLC"), representing the LLC, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Taiwan Chief Telecom (Headquarters: 2F, #68, Ruiguang Rd., Nei-hu Dist. Taipei 114062, President Johnny Liu). The purpose is to connect Ishikari, Hokkaido, and Taipei, Taiwan, via network and build a digital infrastructure that enables service deployment in both Japan and Taiwan for AI and GPU users of Ishikari Renewable Energy Data Center No. 1 (hereinafter referred to as "Ishikari RE DC1") and Taiwan Chief Telecom.
Ishikari RE DC1 will acquire expertise in housing advanced GPU servers such as B300 and GB300 by collaborating with Taiwan Chief Telecom, a data center operator in Taiwan that manufactures the world's most advanced GPU servers and has introduced their cutting-edge technology. This collaboration will promote the introduction of AI services in Hokkaido.
Main contents of the Memorandum of Understanding:
1. Taiwan Chief Telecom also provides water-cooled colocation services for GPU users at its data center in Taipei, Taiwan. Ishikari RE DC1 plans to provide data hall unit housing and rack unit colocation services through the BBT* Ishikari Shinko site at its data center in Ishikari, Hokkaido. Ishikari RE DC1 will utilize IOWN (All-Photonics Network (APN)), which terminates at the BBT Shin-Otemachi site in Otemachi, Tokyo, from Ishikari, Hokkaido, to build an ultra-high-speed, low-latency network and its PoP (Point of Presence) connecting both data centers in Taipei, Taiwan, and Ishikari, Hokkaido.
*BBT is an abbreviation for Broadband Tower Inc.
2. Both companies will work closely in a cooperative manner to strengthen the products and services they can offer to customers, understand the business and technical requirements of prospective customers regarding data hall unit housing and rack unit colocation services, and propose flexible solutions and pricing that meet or exceed industry standards for prospective customers' requirements, thereby building a fruitful and mutually beneficial business cooperation relationship.
3. To achieve the business objectives stipulated in this Memorandum of Understanding, both companies shall negotiate and conclude service agreements in line with the business objectives described in this Memorandum of Understanding.
(a) Based on this partnership, Taiwan Chief Telecom will verify the existing infrastructure assets, facilities, and the possibility of data center expansion in the Ishikari City RE Zone of Ishikari RE DC1, and consider deploying data center services in Ishikari City, Hokkaido. Both companies will jointly explore business feasibility, infrastructure development status (including power, cooling, space, and regulatory compliance), and commercialization opportunities to support service deployment for Taiwanese companies and AI customers.
(b) A cooperative operational model will be formulated regarding NOC/SOC support, security governance, regulatory compliance, commercial market launch, and pilot deployment of various AI services.
Taiwan Chief Telecom's data center in Taipei is connected to private submarine cables (NCC licensed Telstra, GCX, Reach, Dalight) and consortium submarine cables. Most major fixed-line telecommunication operators in Taiwan have established PoPs within Taiwan Chief Telecom's data center for submarine cable interconnection. Furthermore, Taiwan Chief Telecom became the first service provider to obtain approval from NCC/MODA for submarine cable lease service provision in May 2024, approximately 20 years after submarine cable operator lease licenses were first issued in 2002. Through this partnership, Ishikari, Hokkaido, will also be connected to global submarine cable systems via Taiwan Chief Telecom's data center in Taipei.
■ April 2026 Ishikari Renewable Energy Data Center No. 1 Completion Photo
■ Taiwan Chief Telecom's data center LY2 in Taipei, Taiwan, with water-cooled support for GPU servers
■ Memorandum of Understanding Signing Ceremony (Left: Johnny Liu, President of Taiwan Chief Telecom; Right: Naotaka Yanagawa, Representative Director of Flower Communications)
■ Network connection image between Ishikari, Hokkaido, and Taipei, Taiwan
■ International optical submarine cable network diagram connected at Taiwan Chief Telecom's data center
■ Ishikari Renewable Energy Data Center No. 1