Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. (NRI: Tokyo; Akihisa Fujinuma, Chairman and President, CEO & COO) has decided to build its new data center in Tama City, Tokyo. This will be NRI’s fifth data center in Japan and the fourth in the metropolitan area.

The floor space of the new data center will be larger than that of the Yokohama No. 2 Data Center (15,888 m2 in total), which was constructed in 2007, and will increase the total floor space of all of NRI’s data centers by about 30 percent.

In addition to serving as a base for NRI’s expanding outsourcing business, the new data center will function as a core center for cloud services. By using leading-edge green IT to improve environmental performance, it will contribute to helping reduce the environmental impact on society.

NRI will invest about 20 billion yen in constructing this new data center, which is scheduled to be completed in fiscal 2012.

Overview of new data center construction site

Location: Tama City, Tokyo
Site area: 19,496.3 m2
Scheduled completion date: in fiscal 2012

Features of equipment installed in new data center

Environmental performance:

• Saves resources through the use of renewable energy and highly energy-efficient technology
• Reduces the load on cooling devices by using fresh air during cooler times of the year
• Uses highly efficient equipment and environmentally friendly construction materials

Safety:

• Uses advanced security systems such as biometric authentication devices and 3D body scanners
• Adopts leading-edge seismic isolation and vibration control technologies
• Utilizes round-the-clock manned monitoring system

Reliability:

• Employs highly scalable, redundant power supply system
• Adopts air conditioning systems that optimize air flow
• Provides control functions to optimize operation of IT equipment and other facilities

[For inquiries, please contact:]
Hiroaki Sumiya / Ai Ohara
Corporate Communication Department
Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.
Tel:+81-3-6660-8370
E-mail:

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