BIBAI, Hokkaido—A data center here that uses snow to cool down its heated servers ... It started the data center business in April last year, and construction of a large building will begin ...

Forecasters at BBC Weather are warning of an "enhanced risk" of colder spells in April due to "air masses of Arctic origin" - and they are refusing to rule out the possibility of more snow.

Global warming could transform Hokkaido’s iconic powdered snow into the wet flakes found on Japan’s main island of Honshu, a study showed. Researchers from Hokkaido University and the Japan ...

In April of 2024 I travelled to Japan on ... It wasn’t fun. In Hokkaido, several metres of snow carpet the forest each winter. This thick layer of fluffy snow is not just comprised of ice ...

February 14, 2025, Hokkaido, Japan – @wolf_mc_rush shared a video of them skiing in deep snow in the backcountry of Hokkaido, describing it as the powder of their dreams.