Digital Realty Opens First Innovation Lab In Asia Pacific

KUALA LUMPUR, April 8 (Bernama) -- Digital Realty, a cloud- and carrier-neutral data centre platform, has opened the first Digital Realty Innovation Lab (DRIL) in Asia Pacific, located at its NRT12 data centre in Tokyo, Japan.

The facility, established through MC Digital Realty, a collaboration with Mitsubishi Corporation, is the company’s second DRIL globally, after Northern Virginia in September 2025, and precedes the planned Singapore launch in the second half of 2026.

The Tokyo DRIL provides local partners and customers with a production-grade environment to test and optimise artificial intelligence (AI) and hybrid cloud architectures under real-world conditions.

It features air-cooled and direct liquid-cooled racks for high-power-density workloads and allows hands-on evaluation of performance, power density, and cooling strategies.

“Expanding DRIL into Japan reflects the market’s digital maturity and gives customers hands-on access to test AI-ready infrastructure, reduce deployment risk, and scale with confidence,” said Digital Realty Chief Technology Officer, Chris Sharp in a statement.

Over 20 partner companies are already using the lab to explore integrated infrastructure for faster AI and hybrid cloud implementation. The facility also enables connection to cloud and network providers through Digital Realty’s ServiceFabric interconnection and orchestration platform.

Key features include support for AI and high-performance computing workloads, energy- and cooling-aware testing, AI infrastructure optimisation, hybrid cloud validation, AI workload orchestration, and latency testing across multiple locations.

The Tokyo DRIL strengthens Digital Realty’s global network of innovation labs and reinforces its commitment to enabling AI-ready infrastructure across major digital markets worldwide.

-- BERNAMA