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

TOKYO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#Japan–Ubitus K.K., a global leader in cloud streaming and AI solutions (Headquarters: Shinjuku, Tokyo; CEO: Wesley Kuo), today announced that it has been officially selected for the Large-Scale Growth Investment Grant Program for Medium-Sized and Small Enterprises administered by Japan’s 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.

Key Disclosure Items under the Grant Program

1. Selected Project

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

2. Investment Scale

• Total investment amount: JPY 17 billion, allocated to the deployment of NVIDIA Blackwell GPU Cloud infrastructure

Through this investment, Ubitus will expand its AI infrastructure footprint, accelerate business growth, and create greater value for regional economies.

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

This grant represents a major milestone in Ubitus’ expansion in Japan’s AI market and reflects strong government recognition of its AI technology and operational capabilities.

2024 | Selected for METI “GENIAC” Program — Development of a 405B East Asia Large Language Model

Under the GENIAC program, Ubitus developed a 405-billion-parameter East Asia large language model, supporting Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and English, and enabling applications across culture, tourism, and education. Benchmark evaluations show strong multilingual performance, surpassing GPT-4 in selected knowledge-based tests.

2025 | Launch of Japan’s Most Advanced Tourism & Cultural AI Language Model

Building on its 405B model, Ubitus introduced Japan’s most advanced tourism and cultural AI language model. In Maizuru City, Kyoto, the AI virtual guide “Chokimaru” has been deployed via browsers and mobile devices, providing real-time multilingual Q&A, sightseeing guidance, and translation services, supported by large on-site displays at visitor centers.

2025 | METI Large-Scale Growth Investment Grant — Advancing Cross-Regional 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

Ubitus is the first Taiwanese technology company to receive investment from NVIDIA, and is recognized globally for its advanced GPU virtualization and cloud streaming technologies. The company delivers world-class cloud and AI services across industries.

Ubitus collaborates with top universities—including National Taiwan University and the University of Tokyo—to develop localized Traditional Chinese and Japanese large language models.

It also offers a wide range of AIGC services, including:

• UbiArt — AI image generation
• UbiONE — AI virtual character solution
• UbiAnchor — AI-powered virtual news anchor
• Ubi-chan (AI VTuber) — the official brand ambassador showcasing Ubitus’ innovation in generative AI

As a global leader in cloud gaming, Ubitus provides end-to-end solutions enabling studios to cloud-enable their titles and assisting telecom operators in building proprietary cloud gaming services. Ubitus technology also supports streaming of interactive media and virtual reality experiences worldwide.

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