Residents in Tokyo Try to Block GLP's Large-Scale Data Center Project

TapTechNews July 10th news, according to Reuters, on Wednesday local time, a group of residents in Tokyo, Japan, claimed that they hoped to prevent the Singaporean developer GLP from building a large-scale logistics and data center. This move is a worrying signal for enterprises that hope to meet the increasing demand in Japan.

This resident group in Akishima City, a suburb of Tokyo, has more than 220 people, and they successfully prevented the construction of a data center in Nagareyama City, Tokyo last December. Local residents expressed concerns about the data center threatening wild animals, causing pollution, increasing electricity consumption and even depleting the local water supply that only depends on groundwater.

The group submitted a petition requesting the relevant departments to review the urban planning that previously approved GLP to build a 3.63 million-kilowatt data center (TapTechNews note: According to GLP's prediction, the center is expected to emit about 1.8 million tons of carbon dioxide annually after completion).

The group representative, Otake Yuji (transliterated), said at a press conference, This company needs to realize that the project it is developing is 'damaging' Akishima City, and should be held accountable for it.

Residents estimate that 3,000 of the 4,800 trees in the area will be cut down, posing a threat to the habitat environment of local birds or animals. Another representative of the group, Hasegawa Hiroyuki, even bluntly said that this plan is too negligent and unbelievable. The group is considering applying for arbitration to prompt GLP to reconsider its plan - originally scheduled to start construction in February and be completed in early 2029.

Coincidentally, the plan to build a data center in Kashiwa City near Tokyo has also been opposed by the local people.