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NTT Data noted that the largest commitment comes from a hyperscale client that agreed to deploy more than 90MW at NTT’s VA11 campus in Virginia
In sum – what to know:
Large capacity deals – NTT Data secured nearly 115MW in new commitments across data centers in Virginia, Illinois, and California, including more than 90MW from a hyperscale customer.
Enterprise demand growing – Financial services, gaming, and cybersecurity firms accounted for nearly 20MW, highlighting rising enterprise demand for infrastructure supporting AI and high-density workloads.
Expansion underway – NTT opened ten data centers in the past year adding over 370MW of capacity and plans to invest more than $10 billion by 2027 to expand AI-ready infrastructure.
NTT Data said its global data centers unit has secured nearly 115 megawatts (MW) in new capacity commitments across facilities in Gainesville, Virginia; Chicago, Illinois; and Sacramento, California. The agreements include more than 90MW from a hyperscale customer and almost 20MW from three enterprise organizations.
The company said the new contracts reflect rising demand for infrastructure able to support high-density computing and artificial intelligence workloads, as well as changing regulatory and operational requirements.
NTT Data noted that the largest commitment comes from a hyperscale client that agreed to deploy more than 90MW at NTT’s VA11 campus in Virginia. The company said the infrastructure design is intended to allow higher-density deployments and accommodate future AI workloads.
Over the past year, NTT said it opened ten new data centers across North America, EMEA and Asia-Pacific, adding more than 370MW of IT capacity. The company plans to invest more than $10 billion by 2027 to expand infrastructure designed to support AI and other digital workloads.
NTT Global Data Centers is reshaping its strategy to keep pace with the rapid shift toward AI-heavy workloads, COO Joe Pace told RCR Wireless News in a previous episode of Rack to RAN.
Pace said the company is taking a “multi-pronged approach” rooted in global expansion, AI-ready infrastructure, and long-term sustainability commitments.
“We’re taking a multi-pronged approach to it,” Pace said. “First, we are working on global expansion. We’ve acquired land in seven markets like Frankfurt, Osaka, Phoenix and Milan, and we’re growing our global footprint. And that land alone is over a gigawatt worth of expansion capacity.”
He explained that the company is also focusing heavily on infrastructure optimization: “We’re trying to optimize our infrastructure to be AI-ready. And that comes with starting with a design that is ready for AI and can be adapted flexibly to the needs of our customers.”
When asked whether the company prioritizes new AI-ready developments or upgrades to existing sites, Pace said NTT Global Data Centers is pursuing both paths. “We’re trying to do both. We try to stay ahead of our clients to where they need to be… That said, it’s always easier to do AI AI-ready greenfield… So we’re doing both here at NTT.”
