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Ada Infrastructure breaks ground on third building at Tokyo TKW1 campus

By: IDCNOVARegion: East Asia
Ada Infrastructure, a data center developer backed by global investment firm Ares, has begun construction on its latest facility in Tokyo, marking the company's fifth project in Japan and the final building at its TKW1 campus. The groundbreaking ceremony took place last week, according to an announcement the company made on LinkedIn.

The new building is the third and last structure planned for the TKW1 site, which will ultimately comprise two 10MW buildings and one 11MW facility. Ada first broke ground on the campus in August 2023, with work on the second building commencing in May 2024. The first building was scheduled to go live in May 2025, while the second is expected to become operational in 2027.

“Our third groundbreaking ceremony, second in Tokyo in just four months. Ada is truly moving at an unprecedented pace,” said Ras Scollay, principal, revenue and product lead, APAC at Ada Infrastructure, underscoring the accelerated momentum of the company's build-out in Japan's capital.

The expansion comes as part of a broader strategy outlined by Ada to invest approximately $12 billion over five years to deliver 900MW of data center capacity across Japan. The company currently has plans to develop five campuses totaling 600MW in the country—four in Tokyo (TKW1, TKW2, TKE1, and TKE2) and one in Osaka. Beyond the TKW1 site, Tokyo West 2 is slated to offer 295MW across eight five-story buildings by 2026, Tokyo East 1 will add 66MW across three four-story buildings by the same year, and Tokyo East 2 is planned to deliver 190MW across four four-story buildings starting in 2027.

Ada Infrastructure was founded in 2023 by Singapore-based logistics-focused real estate firm GLP to develop and hold the company's non-Chinese data center assets. In 2024, Ares acquired Ada and GLP's other international assets, providing the financial backing needed to support this rapid expansion. Beyond Japan, Ada also has projects in development in the UK and Brazil, signaling its ambition to build a global data center portfolio.

The rapid pace of construction in Tokyo reflects the surging demand for data center capacity in Japan, driven by the growth of cloud computing and digital services. With hyperscale requirements intensifying across the region, Ada's staged delivery of multiple facilities in quick succession positions the company to capture a significant share of the market, while also contributing to the broader digital infrastructure build-out in one of Asia's most data-intensive metropolitan areas.