MC Digital Realty Establishes Innovation Lab for Real-World AI Infrastructure Validation

April 8, 2026, Tokyo – MC Digital Realty, Inc. (Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and President: Kohei Yamashita; hereinafter: MC Digital Realty), which develops colocation and interconnection solutions in Japan, has announced the establishment of the "MC Digital Realty Innovation Lab (DRIL in Japan)," equipped with a verification environment for next-generation IT infrastructure such as AI and hybrid clouds. The lab is located within the NRT12 Data Center (hereinafter: NRT12) at the NRT Campus (Inzai City, Chiba Prefecture).

Amidst the rapid advancement of AI adoption, companies require infrastructure that can handle high-density and high-performance workloads while achieving high operational efficiency, stability, and reliability. DRIL (Digital Realty Innovation Lab) is a facility uniquely developed by Digital Realty (hereinafter: DLR), our shareholder and a leading global data center operator. It provides a verification environment akin to a production environment for partner companies and customers, enabling the validation and optimization of AI and hybrid cloud architectures under real-world conditions. Customers can evaluate actual infrastructure configurations, including both air-cooled and direct liquid-cooled environments, to verify performance, power density, and cooling strategies before full-scale deployment. As part of a global program, this facility established within NRT12 is designed to support advanced AI and High-Performance Computing (HPC) use cases, featuring direct liquid-cooled (DLC) racks and supporting high power density workloads. At the time of its operation launch, approximately 20 partner companies are participating, providing an environment for verifying integrated infrastructure for rapid deployment of AI and hybrid clouds.

This facility is the second DRIL location in DLR's global DRIL network, following the facility opened in Northern Virginia, USA, in September 2025. It also becomes the first DRIL site in the Asia Pacific region, preceding Singapore (scheduled to open in late 2026).

Kohei Yamashita, Representative Director and President of our company, states: "The key to designing AI infrastructure lies in optimally balancing power capacity, cooling methods, and operational efficiency. This facility enables validation in environments that can support various use cases, including both air and direct liquid cooling, allowing companies to identify the optimal configuration for their requirements before full-scale implementation. Leveraging our strengths in world-class, high-quality operational services and design capabilities, we will provide optimal solutions tailored to the characteristics of the Japanese market, support the secure and efficient implementation of AI utilization, and contribute to the construction of sustainable and reliable digital foundations."

■ Connecting Japan's AI Workloads Globally

This facility enables Japanese companies to verify performance and optimize configurations, while also realizing seamless connectivity to cloud and network providers through DLR's global interconnection platform, ServiceFabric®. Furthermore, by leveraging DLR's global operational track record and the Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx®) methodology, customers can build infrastructure that can flexibly scale domestically and internationally on PlatformDIGITAL® while validating AI adoption.

The main features of this facility are as follows: