SoftBank
Consortium to invest potential $500bn in data center and power facilities
SoftBank Group Chairman Masoyoshi Son, center, with U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright, left, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick at a ceremony for a gas-power facility in Piketon, Ohio, on March 20.(Photo by Yuji Ohira)
YUJI OHIRA and YUSUKE YAGI
PIKETON, Ohio — A $500 billion data center investment announced by SoftBank Group Chairman Masayoshi Son — described as “the largest single-location investment in human history” — highlights his expanding role as a key intermediary with deep ties to the corridors of power in both Tokyo and Washington.
