Development and PermittingComparison of Official Source Text and Major Media Reports
Donghae GS AI data center's first building receives permit on October 1
Donghae City granted a building permit for the first 100MW-class building in the AI data center campus at Bukpyeong 2nd General Industrial Complex. We update the long-term plan to the construction-preparation stage while distinguishing it from secured power and completed construction start.
VERIFIED FACTS
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01Donghae City finalized the building permit on October 1, 2026; official post on October 3
02Building-permit applicant: Donghae AI Third Campus Co., Ltd.
03Bukpyeong 2nd General Industrial Complex: approximately 68,000㎡ site, about 35,000㎡ gross floor area, two above-ground floors
04First building 100MW-class; 1.2GW planned for the full first phase, with no technical capacity definition disclosed
05Target: construction start in 2026 and completion in the second half of 2028
AI-DC KOREA ANALYSIS
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Donghae City's official material confirms that the building permit for the first data center applied for by Donghae AI Third Campus Co., Ltd. was processed on October 1, 2026. The permitted project covers an approximately 68,000㎡ site, about 35,000㎡ of gross floor area and two above-ground floors in Bukpyeong 2nd General Industrial Complex, with infrastructure including a substation, electrical rooms and emergency generators planned. Construction in 2026 and completion in the second half of 2028 are target dates, so we do not mark the project as having filed a commencement notice, actually begun construction, received use approval or started commercial operation. Although Donghae City said the industrial-complex management plan was amended and the KEPCO grid-impact assessment procedure was completed, we do not interpret this as an electricity-use contract, completed grid connection or commencement of power supply. The first building's 100MW-class figure, the campus's 1.2GW first phase and 2.4GW long-term plan remain plan-scale figures because none is defined as intake capacity, IT Load or UPS capacity. We merged the update into the existing GS AI Infra Donghae campus as the same physical site and withheld a map pin because the exact parcel and official coordinates remain unavailable.
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