June 23, 2016

TOKAI Holdings Corporation
Katsuhiko Tokita, President & CEO(Code No. 3167 Tokyo Stock Exchange First Section)
To whom it may concern

TOKAI Data Centers Accredited as Eco-Friendly Data Centers used in theTokyo Metropolitan Government’s Cloud-Based Support Project
Broad Center, a data center service (using data centers in Shizuoka and Okayama) provided by
TOKAI Communications Corporation (Headquarters: Shizuoka City, Shizuoka; President & CEO:
Katsuhiko Tokita; “TOKAI Communications”), a wholly owned subsidiary of TOKAI Holdings
Corporation, has been accredited as an “Eco-Friendly Data Center” by the Tokyo Metropolitan
Government for its energy-efficient design and operation, as detailed in the attachedannouncement.
TOKAI Holdings owns a high-quality, high-volume fiber optic network that spans 6,000km
from the Kanto region to Okayama, passing through Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka, and two data
centers linked to the network, through which we provide full-fledged information andcommunications services to a large number of corporate customers. We are proud to announce thisaccreditation in recognition of our efforts towards greater environmental responsibility, which wehave strived to improve along with disaster response measures.
We intend to leverage this accreditation to expand sales of our key services, Broad Center
Cloud Platform and the Broad Center Pracla Hosted Private Cloud, to further help corporate clients
increase their energy efficiency.

Contact: Yoshihiro Taniguchi
Public Relations and Investor Relations Office
TEL: +81-(0)54-669-7676
Email: overseas_IR@tokaigroup.co.jp

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AI Commu
unications CorporationCnTo whom itt may conceern

Eco-Friiendly Da
ata Centter Accredditation
Supportinng Energy Efficiency
Eammong SMEs ThroughTUse of Cloud C
Computing

TOKAI Communications Corpporation (Heeadquarterss: Shizuoka
a City, Shizuuoka; Presiddent &ned subsidiaary of TOKA
AI Holdingss
CEO: Katssuhiko Tokita; “TOKAII Communiccations”), a wholly own
Corporatioon, is proud to announcce that its SShizuoka Da
ata Center anda Okayam
ma Data Center, whichhtogether foorm the backkbone of thee Broad Cennter data ce
enter service, have beend under theen accredited
Tokyo Mettropolitan Government
Gt’s Eco-Frien
ndly Data CenterCAccreeditation Syystem, the evaluation
eand publication of acccreditation forf data cennters that im
mplement advanced meeasures to helphcombatt
global warming.
Friendly Da
ata Center A
Accreditatioon
1. Outline of the Eco-F
a Center annd Okayama
a Data Centter have recceived Eco-F
Friendly Da
ata Center
The Shiizuoka Dataaccreditatiion from thee Tokyo Mettropolitan G
Governmentt. This means that undder the Tokyyo
Metropolittan Governm
ment’s Projeect to Encou
urage Tokyoo SMEs Tow
wards Energgy Efficiency byPromoting
g Cloud Com
mputing, elig
gible busineesses can reeceive subsiddies toward
ds the cost ofo migrating
gcertain info
formation syystems, etc. to cloud seervices provided by our data centerrs.
Accreddited data
center1

Evaluaation stage

ShizuokaSD
Data CenterOkayam
ma Data Cen
nter

Stage 1 ((Level 2)

Stagee 1 (Level 2)2

Novemberr 10, 2015

Maay16, 2016(level2)
Date A
Accredited

1. There arre only nine
e data centeer facilities (owned(by sixs operatorrs) in Japann that have
Eco-Friend
dly Data Cennter accred
ditation as ofo May 16, 2016.
2. The indicated level is the “enviironmentallly friendly” level accord
ding to the JapanJDataaCenter Cou
uncil, a speccified non-p
profit organiization.
2. Outline of the Projeect to Encou
urage Tokyoo SMEs Tow
wards Energgy Efficiency
cy by Promo
oting Cloud
Computting(a) O
Outline of thhe system
UUnder this syystem, smalll and mediium-sized ennterprises withinw
Tokyyo (with eneergycoonsumption below 1,500kL of crudde oil per yeear) that ope
erate on-preemises inforrmation
syystems, etc. (systems ow
wned by a ccompany annd operated on that com
mpany’s preemises) canreeceive subsiidies (up to 15 million yyen) toward
d the expens
se of migratting to a clo
oud service
thhat uses hig
ghly energy efficient da
ata centers.
Applicationn period:

NovemberN
224, 2015 to aroundaJannuary 2017

Payment period:
pFY2015Fto F
FY2018

Budget:675
6 million yen(support(willl end whenn the budgett limit is reaached)

Project to Encourage Tokyo SM
MEs Toward
ds Energy Efficiency
Eby Promotinng Cloud Computing

ebsite listed
d on the following page for details,, such as eliigible*See the prrogram’s webusinesses and conditions for thee subsidies.
(b) Expenses Eligible
Efor thet Subsidiees((1) migratioon costs (dessign, systemm configuraation, etc.)((2) goods annd services costs (initiaal cloud serv
vice costs, innfrastructu
ure access coosts, etc.)
Subsidy Ammount(c) SU
Up to one thhird of the expense
eammount (up too 15 million yen)**This is thee amount ap
pplicable whhen using an
a “Eco-Frie
endly Data CCenter.”3. Our Sub
bsidy-Eligibble Cloud Seervices(a) B
BroadCenter Cloud Plaatform
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er.jp/servicee/cps/
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http://wwww.broadcente
er.jp/cloudseervice/hoste
edprivateclo
oud-pracla/
4. Future DDirection
TOKAAI Communiications hass been invollved in greeen IT in man
ny ways, su
uch as environmentallyyconscious ddata center building an
nd operationn, and imprroved energy efficiencyy of servers, IT
peripherals, and AC systems. We
e help comb at global waarming andd assist our customers ini
gy efficiency
y by activelyy supporting the buildiing of cloud computing
gimproving their energ
environmeents with services relatted to the coonstruction,, operation, and mainteenance of clloud
computingg environmeents on majoor public clooud computing platform
ms, using ou
ur knowhow
w as a cloudd
service proovider of prooprietary cloud servicees.
We inttend to leveerage this Eco-FriendlyEy Data Centter accredita
ation to con
ntinue prom
moting cloud
dcomputing
g to SMEs annd various other comp anies, whilee adapting tot hybrid orr multi-clouudframeworkks that combbine our clo
oud servicess with majorr public clouud platform
ms, in order to provide
customers with the op
ptimum leveel of cloud ccomputing integration.

[REFERENNCE]
Eco-Friend
dly Data Ceenter Accred
ditation Sysstem
Pleasee refer to the following website of tthe Tokyo MetropolitanMn Governmeent Bureau ofEnviroonment (Jappanese onlyy):
https:///www.kankkyo.metro.tookyo.jp/clim
mate/large_sscale/dc.htm
ml
Encourage TokyoTSME
Es Towards E
Energy Effiiciency by PromotingPC
Cloud Compputing
Project to E
Pleasee refer to the following website of tthe Tokyo Metropolitan
Mn Governmeent Bureau ofEnviroonment (Jappanese onlyy):
http://w
www.kanky
yo.metro.tok
kyo.jp/clima
ate/businessses/cloud27.html
d applicatioon procedurres regardin
ng the Projeect to Encou
urage Tokyoo SMEs Tow
wards
Details andEnergy Effficiency by Promoting
PCloudCComp
puting, etc.
Pleasee refer to the following website of tthe Tokyo Environmen
Ental Public SService Corporation(Tokyoo Metropolittan Center forf Climatee Change Acctions; commmonly know
wn as “Cool NetN Tokyo”))(Japannese only):
http://wp/subsidy/clooud/
www.tokyo--co2down.jp* Names off companiess, products, services, loogos, etc. arre trademarks or registtered trade names ofthe relevan
nt companiees.

[For enquiries regarding the service]
Representative: Shirai Iida
Business Development Department, Corporate Sales Division
TOKAI Communications Corporation
TEL: 03-5404-3288
E-Mail: info@broadcenter.jp

Website (Japanese only): http://www.broadcenter.jp/