According to a March 28 report by Nikkei News.SoftBankThe group is mulling a project to build an artificial intelligence center across the United States.Energy Factory's industrial park program. The collectionThe group is likely to commit more than $1 trillion (note: the current exchange rate is about 7.27 trillion yuan) with the U.S. government, far larger than the previously announced $500 billion "Stargate."AI Network Infrastructure Program. In the face of labor shortages, SoftBank is committed to creating piggybacked AI, Realization of Autonomous Operation ofrobotFactory clusters.
Masayoshi Son, Chairman and President of the SoftBank Group, is currently visiting the United States and may be about to launch an "industrial park concept" with the U.S. government. In view of the forecasted slowdown in the growth of the U.S. labor force, the SoftBank Group believes that the "industrial park concept" can be implemented throughEfficient use of AI and robotics, which will create room for significant contributions to the development of U.S. manufacturing.
In January, Masayoshi Son, along with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and others, announced that they would be spending $500 billion on AI infrastructure. The plan is to build infrastructure across the U.S. forDeveloping data centers and power generation facilities for cutting-edge AIThe next phase of the blueprint focuses on solving the manufacturing labor shortage through advanced AI-enabled robots. The next phase of the blueprint focuses on solving manufacturing labor shortages through robots equipped with advanced AI.
Candidates include unmanned factories in which AI autonomously designs production lines based on demand, with the core concept being the application of equipment such as humanoid robots with the ability to walk autonomously.
The Group is also considering bringing in partners such as Hon Hai Precision Industry to deeply integrate AI technology into the production process of a wide range of products such as smartphones, automobiles, servers, and air conditioners, and to build a new manufacturing model that reduces human intervention. Hon Hai was previously commissioned to produce "Pepper," a humanoid robot developed by SoftBank Group, and the two companies have a close working relationship. In the "Stargate" AI infrastructure project promoted by SoftBank Group and OpenAI, Hon Hai may be the exclusive supplier of AI servers.
However, the SoftBank Group is still midway through its "Stargate" data center initiative. The plan proposes that four companies will bear the capital of 10-20%, with the rest to be financed through debt. The actual site and construction framework is yet to be finalized. The scale of the AI robotics factory plan is even larger, and customer acquisition and large financing are still uncertain.