[SoftBank Plans to Produce Large-Scale Batteries for AI Data Centers] According to Golden Finance, on May 11, the mobile business division of SoftBank Group announced plans to launch large-scale battery cell manufacturing at its factory in Sakai City, Osaka, to meet the growing power demands of artificial intelligence services. In a statement on Monday, SoftBank said it will collaborate with South Korea's Cosmos Lab and DeltaX Co., aiming to achieve mass production starting from the fiscal year beginning in April next year. SoftBank stated that this move aims to achieve an annual production capacity of 1 GWh for energy storage systems; data shows this would make it one of the largest energy storage production facilities in Japan. (Jin10)