Hyundai E&C Launches AI Data Center Project in South Korea
Hyundai Engineering & Construction has begun construction of a high-performance artificial intelligence data center in Pohang, South Korea, as demand for infrastructure capable of handling increasingly intensive AI workloads continues to grow.Hyundai E&C said on September 21 that it had finalized th
Hyundai Engineering & Construction has commenced the construction of a high-performance artificial intelligence (AI) data center in Pohang, South Korea, to meet the growing demand for infrastructure capable of handling intensive AI workloads. The Pohang AI Data Center project, commissioned by AI Factory Pohang PFV, has finalized its main construction contract and has begun installing precast concrete structures at the site.
The facility, located in the Gwangmyeong General Industrial Complex in Ocheon-eup, Nam-gu, Pohang, will have a power capacity of 40 megawatts and an IT load of 32 megawatts. Scheduled for completion in the second half of next year, the 16.5-month construction period reflects Hyundai E&C's use of precast concrete (PC) construction throughout the concrete structural system, which is expected to reduce structural construction time significantly compared to conventional cast-in-place methods.
The ultra-high-density environment, featuring GPU-based infrastructure designed to handle large-scale data processing and real-time AI computing, aims to be 10 times more power-dense than conventional cloud data centers. The project's introduction of a liquid-cooling system and Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) target of 1.25 will contribute to minimizing energy losses associated with data center operations.
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