SoftBank, OpenAI to jointly run AI agents at ex-Sharp LCD plant in Osaka, Nikkei reports
ReutersMar 13, 2025 8:23 PM
March 14 (Reuters) - SoftBank 9434.T plans to transform a former Sharp LCD panel plant in Japan into a data center for operating artificial intelligence agents developed in collaboration with U.S.-based ChatGPT creator, OpenAI, according to a Nikkei report on Friday.
The Japanese telecom giant is set to purchase the facility and a portion of the land at Sharp’s shuttered TV liquid crystal display factory in Osaka for approximately 100 billion yen ($677.05 million), the report said.
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