Nippon Paper repurposes Kushiro mill power assets for data centre venture

Nippon Paper has signed land-use and power-supply contracts with data centre developer Getworks and Tokyo Gas Engineering Solutions (TGES) for a container-type data centre at its Kushiro site, where paper production ended in 2021 but power generation has continued. Nippon Paper will provide the land and electricity from its existing generating and power-receiving assets; 6MW is due to start within fiscal 2026, rising to about 40MW by September 2027, with potential of up to 150MW.

Why this mattersShows a core paper group finding new revenue for the land and power plant of a closed paper mill, a route open to other groups retiring paper capacity.

• Nippon Paper, Getworks and Tokyo Gas Engineering Solutions signed land-use and power-supply contracts for a container data centre at Nippon Paper's Kushiro site.
• The site ended paper production in 2021 and will use Nippon Paper's existing power-receiving and generation infrastructure.
• 6MW of capacity is planned to start within fiscal 2026, rising to about 40MW by September 2027.
• The companies see potential to expand the site to as much as 150MW of data centre capacity.
• Getworks will handle planning, design, construction and operation of the container data centres; TGES will design and build foundation, water and electrical works.
• Nippon Paper provides the land and power supply from its existing energy infrastructure.

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