SAN JOSE, CA, May 1, 2026 – SambaNova has signed a distributor agreement with TEPCO Systems to supply AI infrastructure to enterprises in Japan. TEPCO Systems also will deploy SambaNova’s technology inside TEPCO Group as the foundation for its next-generation AI system platform.
TEPCO Systems will adopt SambaNova’s AI compute infrastructure to build AI data center services for TEPCO Group and customers outside the group in Japan. The services will process AI inference workloads and add SambaNova’s infrastructure to TEPCO Systems’ AI service offering. The deployment focuses on compute performance, power efficiency and cost control for organizations running AI applications.
SambaNova’s systems have been selected for deployment in NEDO’s (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization) project. The project is titled “Post-5G Information and Communication System Infrastructure Enhancement R&D Project (Advanced Computing Resources) / Development of Post-5G Information and Communication Systems / R&D on the Utilization of Diverse AI Semiconductors and High-Efficiency Computing Resources (JPNP2501).” The project covers research and development related to post-5G information and communication systems, diverse AI semiconductors and computing resources.
TEPCO Systems Builds Next-Generation AI Data Centers
“SambaNova’s AI infrastructure enables accurate, high‑speed inference using highly confidential internal data in a secure environment, while also offering excellent power efficiency,” said Haruki Mino, president at TEPCO Systems Corporation. “For this reason, we are evaluating SambaNova as the platform for our next‑generation AI data centers.”
“Working together with SambaNova, TEPCO Systems will provide energy‑efficient, high‑performance modular AI systems and services centered on SambaNova’s technology,” added Mino. “This will help advance the sophistication of the electric power business through AI and accelerate our digital transformation, while also supporting green transformation initiatives and expanding our external AI data center business for customers outside the TEPCO Group.”
SambaNova Targets Enterprise AI Deployment in Japan
“As agentic AI moves from proof‑of‑concept into full‑scale deployment, customers are seeking dramatically higher inference performance without compromising power efficiency or security,” said Toshinori Kujiraoka, vice president, Asia Pacific, SambaNova. “Through this distributor agreement, TEPCO Systems can now deliver SambaNova’s next‑generation AI infrastructure to more enterprises across Japan and support the construction of highly reliable AI systems that meet the stringent requirements of mission‑critical environments.”
“Together, we will build sustainable AI data centers for the TEPCO Group that combine high performance with low power consumption, accelerating DX initiatives while helping organizations reduce their energy footprint,” Kujiraoka continued.
AI Infrastructure for Energy and Critical Systems
“TEPCO Systems is at the forefront of AI transformation in the energy sector, and it is a great honor to deepen our collaboration through this agreement,” said Rodrigo Liang, co‑founder and CEO, SambaNova. “By combining TEPCO Systems’ expertise in operating large‑scale, mission‑critical infrastructure with SambaNova’s AI platform, we’ve created the blueprint for how utilities and critical infrastructure operators can deploy AI responsibly and sustainably.”
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About TEPCO Systems
TEPCO Systems Corporation provides IT and engineering services for the electric power industry. The company develops and maintains software, performs technical calculations, processes data, and provides consulting, training and software sales. It also handles computer equipment leasing, maintenance, sales, data storage and protection. TEPCO Systems designs telecommunications and plant facilities and provides telecommunications services. Founded in July 1977, the company is owned by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings. It is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. TEPCO Systems supports TEPCO Group operations with business, monitoring, control, analysis and nuclear engineering systems. Its nuclear work includes probabilistic risk assessment and safety analysis. The company serves energy infrastructure and public utility operations. TEPCO Systems reported 1,200 employees.
About SambaNova
SambaNova develops AI computing hardware, software and cloud services for enterprise AI workloads. The company offers SambaCloud, SambaStack and SambaManaged for cloud, on-premises and managed deployments. Its technology includes SambaRack systems and Reconfigurable Dataflow Unit chips for model inference and dataflow processing. SambaNova serves developers, enterprises, governments, data centers and public-sector customers. It also supports sovereign AI providers in the U.K., Europe and Australia. The company was founded in 2017 in Palo Alto, CA. It is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. Its founders include Rodrigo Liang and Kunle Olukotun. SambaNova works in computer hardware manufacturing and AI infrastructure. Its products support open-source models, including DeepSeek, Llama and Qwen.