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Wall Street Journal
15-07-2025
- Business
- Wall Street Journal
Japan NTT's Data-Center Arm Plans Multibillion-Dollar Push on AI Demand
Japanese telecom giant NTT's data-center arm is speeding up investments, aiming to pour billions into its business to meet rising demand for artificial-intelligence computing and other use, its chief executive said. Doug Adams, chief executive of NTT Global Data Centers, a division of Tokyo-based NTT Data Group 9613 0.05%increase; green up pointing triangle, said the company plans to spend about $3 billion building out data centers during the fiscal year that began in April.
Japan Forward
11-07-2025
- Business
- Japan Forward
NTT Buys Back Subsidiaries to Compete in the Global Market
このページを 日本語 で読む Telecom giant NTT has changed its official company name from "Nippon Telegraph and Telephone" to simply "NTT." The enactment of the 2024 revised Act on Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation paved the way for the name change. Effective from July 1, the widely used abbreviation "NTT" was adopted as the official company name. The action follows its approval at the general shareholders' meeting and from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. The previous name had been in use since the company's privatization in 1985. A corporate decision was made to change it because the relative weight of fixed-line telephones and other traditional services had declined, and the name had become increasingly detached from the services the company actually provides. In the information and communications field, Japanese companies are lagging far behind the giant American IT companies, which are collectively known as "GAFAM" (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft). Hopefully, the name change will mark the genesis of a new NTT. The group hopes to harness its full strength and make its presence felt on the world stage. NTT is looking to expand its business by developing IOWN (Innovative Optical and Wireless Network). This is a next-generation technology that combines high-speed communications with reduced power consumption. For the project, it is collaborating with NTT Data Group, a listed subsidiary of the company that manages IT services and data center businesses in Japan and overseas. NTT Data Group President Hiroshi Sasaki (left) and NTT Data President Masanori Suzuki shake hands in Tokyo on June 26. With the spread of artificial intelligence (AI) and other cutting-edge technologies, demand for data centers is rapidly increasing worldwide. NTT Data Group has the third-largest global share of data centers. And NTT is investing more than ¥2 trillion JPY (almost $14 billion USD) to make it a wholly owned subsidiary. Meanwhile, the growing use of data centers and AI is expected to increase electricity demand both domestically and overseas. At the Osaka Kansai Expo, NTT is exhibiting a server that uses IOWN to reduce power consumption. Impressively, it uses only one-eighth the level needed by conventional servers. Hopefully, the company will also adopt IOWN for its data center business to strengthen its international competitiveness. NTT Docomo Building in Tokyo's Chiyoda ward. Since privatization, NTT has spun off major businesses, including mobile phones. This responded to the government's desire to promote fair competition. However, this has also been one of the reasons why the company has fallen behind overseas IT competitors. Recognizing this, NTT has been working to reintegrate its subsidiaries. It started with NTT Docomo, which became a wholly owned subsidiary in 2020. Incorporating NTT Data Group as a wholly owned subsidiary is seen as the last step in the group's restructuring. DoCoMo has yet to become more competitive in the domestic mobile phone sector. The question now is how it should tap into the group's collective strength to increase its competitiveness in the global market. Management needs to draw up a clear strategy and then effectively implement it. Author: Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun このページを 日本語 で読む
Nikkei Asia
09-07-2025
- Business
- Nikkei Asia
Japan buyers take M&A to record high on Toyota, NTT moves
Toyota Industries and NTT Data Group are the targets of two big M&A deals announced in the first half of 2025. (Source photos by Nikkei) AKIRA YAMASHITA, HARUKI KITAGAWA and HIDEAKI HIGASHIURA LONDON/TOKYO -- Mergers and acquisitions involving Japanese buyers soared to a new record in the first half of the year, as some of the country's biggest corporate groups reorganized and made moves for global growth. The tally, which includes both domestic and international deals, more than tripled from a year earlier to $214.8 billion, the highest for a half-year in data going back to 1980.
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Nikkei Asia
20-06-2025
- Business
- Nikkei Asia
Nikkei to delete NTT Data from Nikkei 225 constituents
TOKYO -- Nikkei announced on Friday that it will remove NTT Data Group as a component of the Nikkei 225 because, as a result of the tender offer by its parent company NTT, the likelihood of the information technology service provider being delisted has become extremely high. NTT Data, whose parent intends to make it a wholly owned subsidiary, will be replaced by electronics group Rohm on July 4. NTT Data will also be deleted from the Nikkei Stock Index 300, the Nikkei 500 Stock Average and the Nikkei 225 Climate Change 1.5°C Target Index. Instead, Haseko will be added to the Nikkei Stock Index 300 on the same day, while NOF will be added to the Nikkei 500 Stock Average. The replacement in the Nikkei Climate 1.5°C Target Index will not be made until the next review in October.
Yomiuri Shimbun
26-05-2025
- Business
- Yomiuri Shimbun
NTT Restructuring: Can Move Enhance Company's International Presence?
In the field of digital technology, Japanese companies are lagging far behind overseas tech giants. NTT Corp. should enhance its international presence with the opportunity afforded through the completion of its group restructuring. NTT will make NTT Data Group Corp., a major information technology services company, its wholly owned subsidiary. NTT currently holds a 58% stake in NTT Data Group. NTT will acquire the remaining 42% through a tender offer with a plan to delist the subsidiary. In Japan, NTT Data Group has advantages in the business of system development for government and public organizations as well as financial institutions. The company oversees the NTT group's overseas businesses, and it reportedly holds a third largest share in the global data center market. NTT was established in 1985 when Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation was privatized. Forty years later, it can be said the NTT group's reintegration of its subsidiaries has entered its final stage of restructure. In 2020, NTT Docomo, Inc. was also made a wholly owned subsidiary. It is important for NTT to marshal its strengths in the group to create groundbreaking IT services. In pursuing further growth, NTT Data Group is expected to play a central role through the expansion of overseas businesses. In both the domestic and overseas markets, an increase in the demand for electricity is expected due to the rapid development of artificial intelligence. NTT is rushing to commercialize the Innovative Optical and Wireless Network (IOWN), a next-generation communications infrastructure that utilizes optical technology and can significantly reduce electricity consumption. By applying this new technology to its data center business, NTT may be able to take the lead in this field. The government's policy for the telecommunications industry is also at a turning point. Until now, the government has focused on facilitating competition in the industry by strictly regulating NTT through the law to prevent the firm from becoming excessively large. This was because the company had nearly monopolized the fixed-line telephone network business. For this reason, NTT separated its units of new businesses, such as mobile phone and data communication services, from itself as separate companies to list them on the stock exchange to avoid being overly regulated. However, during this period, Google and other U.S. tech giants emerged, leaving NTT and other companies in Japan's information and telecommunications industry behind. To deal with this situation, the government revised the NTT Law last year, relaxing the mechanism in which the internal affairs and communications minister's approvals were required for the appointment and dismissal of executives, thereby increasing operational flexibility. NTT's decision to make NTT Data Group its wholly owned subsidiary is also a move to capitalize on changes in the regulatory environment of the telecommunications industry. While ensuring fair competition is a prerequisite, it is desirable to constantly review regulations in such a way to enhance the freedom of NTT's management in order to foster companies in Japan capable of competing. (From The Yomiuri Shimbun, May 26, 2025)
