Rakuten

Rakuten is a data center in Tokyo, JP. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Tokyo data-center market on the TEPCO grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 48.0-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.

Status
Operational
Market
Tokyo
Country
JP

Market intelligence

AVOID

Data Center Power Index verdict for Tokyo — the market this facility sits in.

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Market context

DC Hub analyst read on Tokyo — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).

Tokyo's data center market is severely constrained by power availability despite robust operational density. The tracked universe spans 266 facilities delivering 557 MW across the metro, anchored by Equinix's dual presence 19 MW and 12 MW respectively, with NTT DOCOMO Business and NTT operating meaningful footprints at 9 MW and 8 MW. The DCPI constraint score of 61/100—paired with excess-power at only 19/100—reflects acute competition for grid capacity in a market where brownfield expansion faces hard physical limits. This is not a demand problem; it is a power infrastructure ceiling problem. The AVOID verdict is operationally binding for acquisition-stage capital. A constraint score of 61/100 means Tokyo exhibits the same structural hostility seen in Washington, DC 50/100 constraint and Johannesburg severe power scarcity—environments where new deployments face months-long…

Location

Area Tokyo, JP

Approximate area (about 1 km)

Market & grid context

Published DC Hub data for this location.

MarketTokyo
Grid operatorTEPCO
DC Hub Power IndexAVOID
Est. time to power48.0 months
LocationTokyo, JP

Power generation nearby

DC Hub tracks 664 operating generating units totalling 40,698 MW within about 50 km of Tokyo, JP. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.

Oil/Gas36,130 MW · 96 units · 89%
Coal2,550 MW · 5 units · 6%
Utility-Scale Solar1,272 MW · 549 units · 3%
Bioenergy424 MW · 11 units · 1%
Hydropower323 MW · 3 units · 1%

Source: Global Energy Monitor unit inventory, operating units only. Counts are units, not plants.

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