RAPAS

What RAPAS does

RAPAS Co., Ltd. (RAPAS株式会社) is a Japanese AI Data Center (AIDC) infrastructure company headquartered in Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, and led by Representative Director and CEO Keiko Kitamura (北村 啓子). The company positions itself as an integrated infrastructure partner that consolidates the full AIDC lifecycle — site and power evaluation, facility design, construction management, GPU procurement, liquid cooling deployment, 24/7 operations, and compute capacity trading — into a single engagement, eliminating fragmentation between land/energy providers, EPC contractors, server OEMs, and compute resellers. Its core offering is structured around the AIDC-OPS Command Center platform, supported by five service modules: Site Strategy & Power Architecture (land, grid, BESS, regulatory evaluation for 10MW–100MW phased deployments); GPU Operations (procurement, cluster configuration, maintenance); Compute Commerce (算力売買 — time-based rental and long-term capacity contracts connecting domestic and international AI demand); Liquid Cooling Systems (thermal design and PUE optimization); and Power/BESS Integration (grid connection, renewables, battery storage, peak load management). Sub-brands AIDC-OPS and Live Model are positioned as operational IP, with Live Model treating power cost, cooling efficiency, GPU utilization, contract quality, maintenance speed, and operating return as the daily KPIs of AIDC economics.

The company generates revenue across three streams: project-based professional services fees for AIDC design and construction management; managed services revenue from ongoing 24/7 monitoring, MRO, and power/cooling optimization for operating sites; and transaction-based fees from GPU compute capacity trading. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales via direct consultation intake ([email protected]) and the corporate website (rapas.co.jp), with no public pricing, no channel partners, and no disclosed customer logos. Target segments are AI companies and research institutions needing scalable GPU compute capacity without capex on proprietary data centers, and data center operators or investors seeking entry into the AI data center market. The geographic footprint is centered on the Kansai region of Japan, with the Compute Commerce platform extending commercial reach to international AI demand.

No funding rounds, revenue figures, headcount, partnerships, patents, awards, or regulatory actions are disclosed in the available data. Operating status is recorded as active with live AIDC operations. The company holds no recorded subsidiaries and has no parent entity, operating as an independent private corporation.

Name

RAPAS

Legal name

RAPAS株式会社

Website

https://rapas.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Short description

RAPAS Co., Ltd. is a Japanese AI Data Center infrastructure partner that provides integrated site evaluation, AIDC design, construction management, GPU procurement, 24/7 operations, and compute capacity trading for enterprise AI compute buyers and data center operators in Japan and abroad.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

AI Data Center Infrastructure

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Data Center Operations & Managed Services (Remote Hands, NOC/SOC) (HDABANAA)

Keywords

• AI data center infrastructure
• GPU compute operations
• Liquid cooling systems
• Data center site strategy
• Compute commerce platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Kusatsu

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. AIDC Design & Construction Management: Project-based fees for AI data center planning, design, and construction project management including EPC coordination, procurement, and acceptance management
2. AIDC Operations & MRO Services: Ongoing managed services revenue from 24/7 monitoring, maintenance, remote monitoring, power cost optimization, and cooling efficiency management for operating AI data centers
3. GPU Compute Capacity Trading: Revenue from selling GPU compute time and long-term capacity contracts, connecting domestic and international AI demand with supply. Includes time-based rental and multi-year contractual arrangements

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

RAPAS provides end-to-end AI Data Center (AIDC) infrastructure services for enterprises and AI providers. It evaluates sites and power availability, designs and constructs 10MW–100MW GPU-ready facilities, procures GPUs, and operates the resulting compute capacity, with a proprietary AIDC-OPS platform for orchestration and a Compute Commerce layer for trading GPU capacity.

Product overview

RAPAS is an AI Data Center Infrastructure partner offering an integrated platform for designing, building, and operating AI data centers. The portfolio consists of AIDC-OPS (Command Center) as the core operations management platform, supported by five service modules: Site Strategy & Power Architecture for land and grid evaluation, GPU Operations for hardware procurement and cluster management, Compute Commerce for computing power trading, Liquid Cooling Systems for thermal management, and Power/BESS Integration for energy infrastructure. The platform enables 10MW to 100MW phased deployment and covers the complete lifecycle from planning through operations and compute market participation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AIDC-OPS: Command overview system for AI data center operations
• Live Model

Products and services

• AIDC-OPS A proprietary operations platform that orchestrates facility management, power management, and GPU operations for AI data centers, providing a unified view and control plane for AIDC operators.
• Site Strategy & Power Architecture Consulting Consulting service that evaluates candidate sites for AI data centers in Japan, assessing power availability, grid constraints, and overall suitability for 10MW–100MW GPU-ready facilities.
• AIDC Design & Construction End-to-end design and construction service for AI Data Centers, covering 10MW to 100MW scale facilities including high-density liquid cooling and BESS integration.
• GPU Operations Managed service for operating GPU fleets within AIDC facilities, including procurement, deployment, and ongoing monitoring of compute hardware.
• Compute Commerce Trading platform that connects GPU supply from AIDC operators with AI demand, enabling the buying and selling of compute capacity.

Quantifiable outcome

• AIDC operating return improvement through integrated power cost, cooling efficiency, and GPU utilization management

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• AirTrunk: Asia-Pacific hyperscale data center platform with major operations across Japan, Singapore, Australia, and other APAC markets. Directly comparable to RAPAS in the Japanese AIDC market and broader APAC AI infrastructure positioning.
• Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ): Japanese internet and cloud infrastructure provider operating domestic data centers serving enterprise and AI-adjacent workloads. Comparable as a Japan-focused infrastructure and managed services peer.
• KDDI: Japanese telecom operator with significant data center and network infrastructure assets supporting enterprise and AI workloads in Japan. Comparable as a regional incumbent with overlapping AIDC and connectivity capabilities.
• NTT Data Group: Major Japanese IT services and data center operator with domestic hyperscale and colocation facilities. Comparable as a Japan-centric incumbent competing for the same domestic AI compute customer base.

Direct peers

• Vantage Data Centers: Global hyperscale data center operator with significant expansion into AI-ready facilities, including liquid cooling deployment. Comparable to RAPAS in providing large-scale, AI-purpose-built data center capacity with integrated design and operations.
• CoreWeave: Specialized AI cloud and GPU compute infrastructure provider that designs, builds, and operates data centers purpose-built for AI training and inference. Directly comparable to RAPAS in GPU-centric AIDC operations and compute capacity monetization.
• IREN (Iris Energy): Operator of data centers powered by renewable energy that has pivoted from crypto mining to AI/HPC GPU compute hosting. Comparable to RAPAS in the integrated power + GPU + AI compute hosting model.
• Stack Infrastructure: Data center provider developing large-scale, AI-ready campuses with deep power capacity. Comparable to RAPAS in the multi-hundred-MW phased build-out model targeting AI compute tenants.

Broad incumbents

• Digital Realty: Global data center REIT operating large-scale facilities across multiple regions. Comparable as a broad incumbent in the data center space serving AI and enterprise workloads at scale.
• Equinix: Global colocation and interconnection operator with significant Japanese presence. Comparable as a broad incumbent offering overlapping AI/enterprise colocation services, though not specialized in AI-native GPU infrastructure.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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