Highreso Signs Agreement to Offer Data Center as Evacuation Shelter
The agreement turns a former school turned data center into a community disaster resource, responding to local residents' long-standing request for a high-ground evacuation site.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
GPU cloud services company Highreso has signed an agreement with Ayagawa Town in Kagawa Prefecture to provide the grounds of its Ayagawa Town Data Center-a former school-as a temporary evacuation shelter during disasters. The agreement, signed on July 16, 2026, addresses local residents' requests for a high-ground evacuation site following the 2004 Typhoon No. 23 flood.
The Ayagawa Town Data Center opened in March 2026 in a repurposed former school. The company also plans to use spare space in the facility as a community open space. The agreement covers the schoolyard and sports field for temporary evacuation during earthquakes, floods, landslides, and large fires. Highreso operates five GPU data centers in rural Japan, many in former schools, aiming to support the government's 'Watt-Bit' decentralization initiative.
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