Runpod names RUTILEA its exclusive partner for adding Japanese data center capacity

Nov 12, 2026
RUTILEA will source data center operators in Japan and bring their capacity onto Runpod's AI developer cloud, the first step in a wider expansion across Asia.

Runpod, the AI developer cloud, has made Kyoto-based RUTILEA its exclusive partner in Japan for sourcing and onboarding data center capacity, the companies said in a press release.

RUTILEA will find data center operators in Japan, prepare their facilities for Runpod's platform and coordinate the onboarding. New capacity still goes through Runpod's standard review before it goes live. The companies plan to grow from Japan into other Asian markets over time. They gave no figures for how much capacity they expect to add.

Runpod says developers in 186 countries use its platform, and it lets them pick the data centers their workloads run in. "A growing share of the developers building on Runpod need their workloads running in Asia, next to their users and their data, and Japan is where we're growing first," said Zhen Lu, Runpod's CEO. RUTILEA has run GPU facilities in Fukushima since 2024.

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