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SB OAI Japan Enterprise AI Program

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Updated
Oct 28, 2026

On July 14, 2026, SoftBank and SB OAI Japan announced the full launch of Patching as a Service and expanded eligibility to 3,000 companies. This is an enterprise cybersecurity-service launch, not a physical data center opening or confirmation that the entire Cristal product programme has launched. SB OAI Japan Enterprise AI Program — 50:50 SoftBank/OpenAI enterprise-AI commercialization program; separate from any physical data center campus. SB OAI Japan Enterprise AI Program is in Japan, JP and is a program with active status.

Capacity

Operating IT capacity: Not established in published records

A missing figure does not mean zero. Planned, utility and generation figures are not operating IT capacity.

Development

Joint-venture agreementAnnounced or preconstruction

50:50 program agreed February 2025.

SB OAI Japan launchOperational

Legal JV launched November 2025.

Milestones (2)
SoftBank and OpenAI agreed 50:50 Japan JV

Feb 3, 2025 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Customer commitment

Source not linked
SB OAI Japan launched

Nov 5, 2025 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Event type not stated

Source not linked

Participants

SB OAI Japan GK

Operator

Sources by role
Operator (1)
Operator (1)

Capital & incentives

Capital claims

Softbank openai spend

Source report

$3 billion per year

Source

Additional project facts

Ownership

Source report

50:50 OpenAI and SoftBank vehicle

Source

Launch date

Actual

2025-11-05

Source

Commercial availability

Forecast

2,026

Source

Public-source research. Plans may change. See Evidence for sources and qualifications.