Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector.

In this episode, Shotaro speaks with Tokyo correspondent Tsubasa Suruga about Japan's challenge to build enough data centers to keep up with the AI race.

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Check out this episode's ⁠⁠⁠⁠featured story below: ⁠⁠⁠⁠

Bottlenecks in data center construction threaten Japan's AI ambitions
https://s.nikkei.com/44TX6E6

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