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Ubitus Receives Major METI Investment Grant, Investing JPY 17 Billion to Build Japan’s Top AI GPU Center

Ubitus Receives Major METI Investment Grant, Investing JPY 17 Billion to Build Japan’s Top AI GPU Center

25-12-18

Ubitus K.K., a global leader in cloud streaming and AI solutions (Headquarters: Shinjuku, Tokyo; CEO: Wesley Kuo), today announced that the company has been officially selected for Japan’s “Large-Scale Growth Investment Grant for Medium-Sized and Small Enterprises,” administered by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).

The program aims to support companies in achieving sustainable growth through productivity improvements and growth-oriented investments. Leveraging this grant, Ubitus will focus on expanding next-generation compute infrastructure centered on AI and NVIDIA’s latest Blackwell GPU architecture, investing in the development of its NeoCloud platform to further strengthen overall competitiveness.

Mandatory Disclosure Items under the METI Grant Program

1. Grant Selection Result

Ubitus’ proposed project, “Regional Distributed GPU Infrastructure Development for the Generative AI Era,” has been formally approved by METI.

2. Investment Scale

Total investment amount: JPY 17 billion, dedicated to expanding cloud infrastructure powered by NVIDIA’s latest Blackwell GPUs.

This investment will significantly enhance Ubitus’ AI infrastructure deployment, accelerate business growth, and create greater economic value for regions across Japan.

Long-Term AI Collaboration with the Japanese Government: From LLM Development to AI Infrastructure Expansion

This grant represents a key milestone in Ubitus’ long-term commitment to advancing Japan’s AI ecosystem and reflects strong government recognition of the company’s technological excellence and operational capability.

2024｜Selected for METI “GENIAC” — Development of a 405B East Asia Large Language Model
Under METI’s GENIAC program, Ubitus developed a 405-billion-parameter East Asia large language model, supporting Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and English.
The model powers diverse AI applications across culture, tourism, and education, delivering high accuracy and natural conversational fluency. Benchmark evaluations show exceptional multilingual comprehension, with performance surpassing GPT-4 in selected knowledge-based assessments.

2025｜Launch of Japan’s Most Advanced Tourism & Cultural AI Language Model
Built upon the 405B model, Ubitus released Japan’s most advanced AI language model for tourism and cultural applications, integrating deep cultural and regional knowledge to support regional revitalization, smart tourism, and multilingual guidance services.
In Maizuru City, Kyoto Prefecture, the AI virtual guide “Chokimaru” is now available via web browsers and mobile devices, offering real-time Q&A in Japanese, Chinese, and English, live sightseeing guidance, and translation services, supported by large on-site display installations at major attractions.

2025｜METI Growth Investment Grant — Advancing Multi-Region GPU Infrastructure (NeoCloud)

The newly approved GPU deployment project will strengthen Japan’s domestic high-performance computing capabilities. Using the next-generation Blackwell-based NeoCloud architecture, Ubitus will establish flexible and scalable GPU environments across multiple regions.

NeoCloud applies layered scheduling, distributed computing, and elastic resource management to improve computational efficiency, reduce latency, and dynamically scale compute resources in response to regional demand.

This architecture will help:

Enhance Japan’s data sovereignty and local deployment capabilities
Address the rapidly growing demand for generative AI and large language models
Reduce energy pressure and bottlenecks caused by centralized facilities

The integration of GPU infrastructure with NeoCloud will create a more resilient and accessible nationwide AI foundation.

Future Outlook

Ubitus will continue strengthening its technical and industrial collaborations in Japan, focusing on:

Building scalable, flexible AI computing infrastructure (NeoCloud) through distributed architecture to reduce latency and accelerate AI deployment across industries and local governments
Enhancing data sovereignty and localized deployment capabilities
Alleviating GPU supply-demand imbalance and cost pressure
Accelerating AI adoption across tourism, culture, education, healthcare, and enterprise applications

Through a dual strategy of large-scale model development and compute infrastructure expansion, Ubitus will drive greater innovation across Japan and the broader East Asian AI ecosystem.

About Ubitus

As a member of the NVIDIA Connect program, Ubitus leverages NVIDIA’s support and cutting-edge GPU technology to accelerate AI innovation. The company delivers advanced AI solutions, including UbiGPT (a large language model), UbiONE (an AI-powered avatar creation platform), and UbiArt (an image generation tool), providing customized solutions to meet the diverse needs of various industries.

As a cloud gaming pioneer, Ubitus enables Nintendo and other game companies to establish cloud gaming services and supports the global streaming of multimedia content, including interactive and virtual reality experiences.