New Relic to Launch Japanese Data Center

New Relic CEO Ashan Willy says, "New Relic helps some of the most prominent Japanese companies bring impactful solutions to market. In the fast-moving AI era, observability is the engine behind Japan’s legacy of high-performance technology. Our new local data center is a strategic milestone that resolves data residency challenges, providing Japanese enterprises with the high-performance governance and data sovereignty required to maintain their global competitive edge.”

Japan is a critical, fast-growing market for New Relic. The company has held the number one position in observability market share for the past seven years.

In addition to retail, manufacturing, and telecommunications, there has been an increase in customers from the financial and infrastructure and public services sector.

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In the past year, New Relic Japan grew its local employee base by 20 percent.

Anchoring its data center as a data residency hub, customers from highly regulated industries like finance and manufacturing will soon have control over domestic data residency through data collection, storage, and processing.

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Advanced compliance will provide a reliable foundation to meet Japanese security and privacy requirements, with the data center hosted entirely within Japan to meet strict data residency regulations. Its ultra-low latency will support real-time insights so customers can make rapid business decisions.

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The data center, which will be located in Tokyo, will be available to all New Relic customers, with those in close proximity to Japan more likely to benefit from its performance. The data center will be available starting in July 2026.