Highreso Officially Establishes AI Innovation Lab to Advance Social Implementation of AI and Begins Verifying IP Monitoring Service

Highreso Inc., the company behind the GPU cloud service GPUSOROBAN, announced that it has officially established AI Innovation Lab, an organization dedicated to the social implementation of AI technologies. The organization aims to address social issues emerging alongside the spread of generative AI by using the company’s GPU computing resources to create optimal AI solutions. As its first project, Highreso has begun verifying IP PATROL, a next-generation IP monitoring service that uses AI to protect intellectual property in Japan’s content industry. The company plans to address social challenges in a wider range of fields going forward. Background to the Establishment of AI Innovation Lab AI technology is rapidly advancing and bringing greater convenience and innovation to all industries. At the same time, new social issues are becoming more serious, including sophisticated misinformation such as deepfakes, increased intellectual property infringement, and the limits of traditional manual countermeasures. As a company responsible for AI infrastructure, Highreso sees solving these issues as a social responsibility and has begun working to create an environment where everyone can safely benefit from AI. Through proof-of-concept work and development by a specialized team launched in autumn 2025, the company concluded that a vertically integrated development structure directly connected to its own GPU data centers is a key strength for maximizing both the speed and safety of AI implementation. To fully launch AI solution development that maximizes the potential of its own GPUs, Highreso has now formally established AI Innovation Lab. Mission of AI Innovation Lab Infrastructure-Integrated AI Development Through a development structure directly connected to AI data centers, the lab will use GPU computing infrastructure to build and operate large-scale models that are difficult for other companies to handle, achieving speed and safety unique to an infrastructure-integrated approach. Building Safety Infrastructure for the AI Society The lab will develop AI-powered solutions for social issues that are increasing with the rapid spread of generative AI, including rights infringement, piracy, misinformation such as deepfakes, and defamation. In the AI era, it aims to build a social foundation where rights holders and creators can safely take on new challenges and create. Regional Contribution Through Local Production and Consumption of Computing Resources By implementing AI services based around its own data centers, Highreso will promote local production and consumption of computing resources. The company aims to return the benefits of technology directly to regional communities as well as urban areas, contributing to the development of Japan’s AI industry as a whole. Main Projects of AI Innovation Lab As its first project, Highreso began a verification program in March 2026 for IP PATROL, a next-generation IP monitoring service designed to protect intellectual property in Japan’s content industry. The company will also use its experience deploying AI data centers in regional areas such as Ishikawa, Kagawa, and Saga prefectures to develop AI services that can contribute back to local communities. About Highreso Inc. Since 2019, Highreso has operated GPU data centers specialized for AI development and provided the GPU cloud service GPUSOROBAN. June 2022: Received NVIDIA’s Best CSP Partner of the Year award. April 2024: Certified by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry under its cloud program supply assurance plan. February 2026: A small-scale demonstration project to build a green AI data center in the Kingdom of Bhutan was selected for a METI subsidy program for Global South future-oriented co-creation projects. About GPU Data Centers Specialized for AI Development Highreso has opened five data centers in Ishikawa, Kagawa, and Saga prefectures, making use of idle facilities such as closed local schools. The company operates with reduced environmental impact through construction know-how tailored to regional characteristics and promotes GX. By developing digital infrastructure and distributing data centers across regional areas, Highreso also contributes to Japan’s Watt-Bit Collaboration initiative, which aims to promote domestic economic growth and regional revitalization. August 2019: Opened the Shika Town No. 1 Data Center in Ishikawa Prefecture as a GPU-dedicated data center. August 2022: Opened the Shika Town No. 2 Data Center in Ishikawa Prefecture, one of the largest in Japan. December 2024: Opened the Takamatsu City Data Center in Kagawa Prefecture, the first in the Chugoku-Shikoku region. August 2025: Opened the Genkai Town Data Center in Saga Prefecture, Japan’s first data center using a closed school facility, according to the company’s research. March 2026: Opened the Ayagawa Town Data Center in Kagawa Prefecture, the second site in the Chugoku-Shikoku region. About GPUSOROBAN GPUSOROBAN is a GPU cloud service that accelerates large-scale computing workloads such as image generation AI and LLMs. By reducing data center construction and operating costs, Highreso provides high-performance NVIDIA GPU servers at low cost. GPUSOROBAN has been used in more than 2,000 cases, with customers ranging from the IT industry to manufacturing, construction, and university research institutions. Company Overview Company name: Highreso Inc. Head office: 106-1 Moroura, Genkai-cho, Higashimatsuura-gun, Saga Prefecture, Japan Tokyo headquarters: 3-24-1 Ichigayatamachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan Representative: Yoshiyuki Shikura, Representative Director Business: Operation of GPU-dedicated data centers and provision of the GPU cloud service GPUSOROBAN