Artificial intelligenceInvestment in Japan facility, one of country's largest, could near $7bnSoftBank will acquire a Sharp facility to run an AI data center.  (Source photos: Nikkei and SoftBank)TOKYO/OSAKA -- SoftBank Corp. plans to use a former Sharp LCD panel plant in Japan as a data center to operate artificial intelligence agents that will be jointly developed with U.S. ChatGPT creator OpenAI, Nikkei has learned.As soon as Friday, the Japanese telecoms company will sign a contract to acqui...