SoftBank is creating Roze AI, a company to automate data center construction using robots, and planning an IPO by the second half of 2026 at a potential $100 billion valuation.

SoftBank is assembling a new business called Roze AI designed to make data center construction in the U.S. more efficient by deploying autonomous robots to help build server farms.

Some SoftBank executives want Roze to go public by the second half of 2026, with a desired valuation of $100 billion, though some inside SoftBank have expressed skepticism about the valuation and proposed IPO timeline.

SoftBank has a track record of backing automation startups in industrial sectors, though past ventures like the AI-driven pizza delivery startup Zume required hundreds of millions of dollars in investment before shutting down in 2023.