SoftBank, OpenAI to jointly run AI agents at ex-Sharp LCD plant in Osaka, Nikkei reports

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SoftBank plans to transform a former Sharp LCD panel plant in Japan into a data center for operating artificial intelligence agents developed in collaboration with U.S.-based ChatGPT creator, OpenAI, according to a Nikkei report on Friday.

FILE PHOTO: SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman attend an event to pitch AI for businesses in Tokyo, Japan February 3, 2025.

The Japanese telecom giant is set to purchase the facility and a portion of the land at Sharp’s shuttered TV liquid crystal display factory in Osaka for approximately 100 billion yen ($677.05 million), the report said.

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