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CLOUD PROVIDERS🇯🇵 Japan · 9984 · TSE

SoftBank Group is Japan's largest technology conglomerate and one of the most aggressive AI infrastructure investors globally, with founder Masayoshi Son committing billion to US AI investment and positioning SoftBank as a major demand driver for GPU servers. Its ownership of Arm Holdings — whose processor architectures power virtually every smartphone and increasingly AI data centers — gives SoftBank a uniquely strategic position across the semiconductor value chain. In Japan, SoftBank operates major AI cloud infrastructure and is a key customer for domestic AI hardware suppliers.

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Wiwynn

Major ODM server manufacturer for hyperscalers

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Vertiv

Critical power and thermal management for AI data centers

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Leading GPU server ODM for AI data centers

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#2 data center networking vendor; Nexus 9000 series and proprietary Silicon One ASIC (TSMC-fabbed) serve enterprise AI and telco cloud deployments

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SoftBank

Japan's largest AI infrastructure investor and GPU buyer

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Japan's largest AI infrastructure investor and GPU buyer

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