# clm_9A39478BAB9A

subject: Preferred Networks (/record/preferred-networks.md)  
predicate: partnership  
value: SAKURA internet  
valid_from: 2025-01-07  
valid_to: null  
published: 2025-01-07  
recorded: 2026-11-11  
confidence: 0.70  
status: valid  
assertable: true  
superseded_by: null  
last_updated: 2026-11-11  
cite: AsOf. "Preferred Networks partnership: SAKURA internet", as of 2025-01-07. Claim clm_9A39478BAB9A, https://asof.is/claim/clm_9A39478BAB9A, accessed 2026-11-11. Source: https://www.preferred.jp/en/news/pr20250108.  
checked: 2026-11-11 · its source page states the value and the date  

> TOKYO – Preferred Networks, Inc. (PFN), Rapidus Corporation (Rapidus) and SAKURA internet Inc. (SAKURA internet) have reached a basic agreement toward providing a Japan-made artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure for a greener society in the country.

What https://www.preferred.jp/en/news/pr20250108 says, word for word.

## Sources

- https://www.preferred.jp/en/news/pr20250108 (primary, Preferred Networks, published 2025-01-07)

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