Wasabi Storage Region in Osaka, Japan

Wasabi Technologies, Inc. announced a storage region in Osaka, Japan that will expand the availability and speed of services throughout the region following the launch of its Japanese HQs in Tokyo in June 2021.

It has strengthened its partnership with NTT Communications Corporation. With NTT serving as the cornerstone tenant at the Osaka location while Wasabi expands its operations footprint to meet the demand for cloud storage infrastructure in Japan and across Asia.

According to IDC’s Worldwide Public Cloud Infrastructure as a Service Market Shares, 2020 Report (Doc #US47350821e, July 2021), APJ is the fastest growing region in the world for the adoption of public cloud IaaS, increasing by 38% in 2020. More countries in this region are adopting the cloud, and customers are particularly apt to want multiple copies of the data in the cloud. This requires at least 2 locations to meet the base performance requirements, in addition to strategic infrastructure needed to protect data vs. natural disasters, ransomware attacks, and other potential risks.

“Japan is one of the world’s most forward-looking countries when it comes to cloud infrastructure, and NTT has been a critical partner for us as we continue to expand our business in this unique market,” said David Friend, CEO and co-founder. “By strengthening our relationship with NTT in Osaka and fortifying our operations across the country, Wasabi is well positioned to deliver best-in-class hot cloud storage service to new customers, technology partners, resellers and MSPs in Japan.“

Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage has a solution that is 1/5th the cost of Amazon S3, with no fees for egress or API requests and requires no vendor lock-in. Businesses are able to securely and affordably store all of their data and access it the moment they need it. It’s also a product for the channel because every organization needs to store data and Wasabi is simple to understand, bundle with other products and sell.

Company’s customer base is growing worldwide storing data ranging from backups, disaster and ransomware recovery and archiving to surveillance video, medical imaging, scientific research, education, genomics, AI/ML data lakes, blockchain, television, movies and government data. The Osaka location is Wasabi’s 7th storage region, in addition to its existing locations in Virginia (2 separate locations) Hillsboro, Oregon; Dallas, TX; Amsterdam, NL; and Tokyo, Japan. The firm plans to open additional storage regions in multiple locations in the next 6-12 months.