As AI becomes a symbol of national power, geopolitical risks have made "Sovereign AI" a hot keyword. To reduce reliance on external supply chains, Japan's Fujitsu announced that starting this March...Formal mass productionDomestically produced AI servers, touted as "Made in Japan," are attempting to achieve data autonomy at the hardware level.
This plan is not only aimed at meeting domestic demand in Japan, but also at the European market, which also values data privacy.
The Kasashima factory employs an "integrated" production process to ensure parts traceability.
These servers will be manufactured at Fujitsu's Kasashima Plant in Ishikawa Prefecture. Unlike many brands that only do final assembly locally, Fujitsu emphasizes that this is a "one-stop" production line from printed circuit board (PCB) assembly to complete machine assembly.
The purpose of this is to control key technologies and ensure the traceability of major components. In today's world of frequent supply chain attacks, being able to clearly identify the origin of every screw and every circuit board is an important practice for cybersecurity compliance, especially for government agencies or companies that handle sensitive data.
Powered by NVIDIA Blackwell architecture, in collaboration with Supermicro
In terms of specifications, this "MIJ" server is anything but sloppy. The first wave of products will be equipped with NVIDIA's latest HGX B300 and RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPU configurations.
This is also the result of Fujitsu's expanded cooperation with server manufacturer Supermicro. The two parties will provide integrated services for these Japanese-made sovereign AI servers, from planning, development, production to sales and maintenance.
The self-developed chip "MONAKA" makes its grand finale appearance.
In addition to embracing the NVIDIA ecosystem, Fujitsu hasn't forgotten its own technological strengths. The company plans to begin manufacturing servers equipped with its own "FUJITSU-MONAKA" processor this year. This server, also manufactured in Japan, emphasizes high performance and power efficiency, and features built-in Confidential Computing technology to combat hardware-level security threats and provide strong data protection. It is built using TSMC's 2nm process, employs the Armv9-A instruction set core, and supports the SVE2 instruction set.
