Nvidia Expands AI Partnerships in Japan With Mitsubishi Heavy and Toyota Amid China Restrictions

Nvidia announced on Wednesday that it is deepening collaboration with leading Japanese enterprises, startups, and research institutions to build industry-specialized AI models using its Nemotron open models. The chipmaker aims to accelerate AI development tailored to the Japanese language and local industries.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is expanding its partnership with Nvidia to develop cooling and power infrastructure technologies for AI factories and data centers, including modular cooling systems and 800VDC power architecture. Toyota Motor is also broadening its collaboration to deploy Nvidia's AI platforms across smart cities, traffic management, and manufacturing facilities, integrating Nvidia's Omniverse and Isaac robotics platform into its Woven City experimental smart-city project. The announcements come as the U.S. continues restricting Nvidia's high-end chips from export to China due to security concerns.