【IPS】Business structure to maximize revenue for the Wakayama project | May 2024

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This IR focuses on constructing and maximizing a new business structure centered on Wakayama cargo handling facility and Candle. In the supplementary material for digital infrastructure, emphasis is placed on open access policy with submarine cable owners and the landfall facility, backhaul and IX integration, and data center collaboration structures, suggesting an expansion of the revenue model centered on Candle.

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Future scaling will be achieved through joint management and accelerated investment recovery leveraging domestic and international partnerships. An indicative investment amount for Candle is around 21.0 billion yen, with details on financing methods, progress of recovery, and collaboration framework with partners to be disclosed. In the long term, a policy to expand revenue sources such as data centers, backhaul, and data sales centered on Wakayama landfall facility will be pursued.