Indonesia-based data center operator NeutraDC has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Japan’s data center firm Ishikari Renewable Energy to connect Indonesia, Singapore and Hokkaido Ishikari as an integrated Asian network hub, the firms said in a joint press release.
The parties will collaborate in attracting data center tenants and GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) users from Singapore and Indonesia to the Ishikari Renewable Energy Data Center No.1 facility in Japan.
NeutraDC will provide colocation services through its Neutra Connect digital platform at its data centers in Singapore and Indonesia for users of Ishikari Renewable Energy Data Center No.1. The latter will be interconnected with NeutraDC’s Singapore facility and data centers in Japan through ultra-low-latency connectivity using the All-Photonics Network (APN) under the Innovative Optical and Wireless Network (IOWN) framework. The network link between Hokkaido Ishikari and Tokyo’s Otemachi district is scheduled to begin operations in August 2026.
NeutraDC will play a key role in designing the GPU system architecture as well as building and operating AI computing services, with the goal of deploying NeutraCompute in Hokkaido Ishikari. Neutra Compute is a GPU-as-a-Service (GaaS) provided by NeutraDC using high-performance GPUs from NVIDIA and AMD. It offers the speed, scalability, and intelligence to support enterprise AI innovation.
Ishikari Renewable Energy Data Center No.1 meanwhile will support infrastructure development and customer expansion for the implementation. Known as Zero Emission Data Center (ZED Ishikari), the Ishikari data center utilizes Hokkaido’s extremely cold winter temperature as a free cooling system along with renewable energy sources to operate as a fully zero-emission data center.
“Together, the two companies will deliver an end-to-end cross-border GPU service connecting Singapore, Indonesia, and Ishikari City in Hokkaido. This will enable low-latency GPU workload aggregation, secure network access for customers, and redundant network route designs,” the statement said.
Neutra Connect connects to over 1,000 data centers, telecom operators, and partners, and provides one-hop connectivity to major cloud providers bypassing the public internet, and protecting data with edge security (SASE).
AloJapan.com