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Environmental Friendly Holdings' Tomakomai AI data center Phase I gets MOU with Finland's Verda Cloud for lease priority talks

Environmental Friendly Holdings Co., Ltd.Tomakomai, HokkaidoPublished
InvestmentNot disclosed
PhaseUnder construction
Start—
Completion—

Environmental Friendly Holdings' subsidiary AI Tech Tomakomai signed a preferential negotiation MOU with Finnish AI cloud provider Verda Cloud Oy for a definitive colocation lease covering the full 10MW Phase I capacity of the Tomakomai AI data center in Hokkaido. The MOU includes a $5 million reservation deposit and marks the first concrete demand-side milestone for the project, which also plans a 50MW Phase II expansion via new 66kV substation infrastructure.

Project facts

Owner
Environmental Friendly Holdings Co., Ltd.
Listing
3777 Tokyo
Facility
Data center
Sector
IT & telecom
Location
Tomakomai, Hokkaido, Japan
Investment
Not disclosed
Announced
Jul 17, 2026
Themes
AI-infrastructure

Figures and schedules are as announced by the company or the public body concerned; plans can change. Amounts that were not disclosed are recorded as not disclosed, never estimated.

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