Power & FacilitiesOfficial Source Text
LG Electronics invests KRW 150 billion in a U.S. chiller plant and Korean production lines
LG Electronics will build an air-cooled chiller plant for AI data centers in Virginia and expand its Pyeongtaek and Changwon production lines. This indicates added manufacturing capacity, not a supply contract for a specific data center.
VERIFIED FACTS
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01LG Electronics official announcement on October 1, 2026
02New chiller plant in Windsor, Virginia: 32,000 m² floor area and 170,000 m² site
03U.S. plant targets production in the first half of 2027
04Phased expansion of Pyeongtaek and Changwon air-cooled chiller lines by end-2026
05About KRW 150 billion total for the U.S. plant, Korean line expansion and equipment upgrades
AI-DC KOREA ANALYSIS
Interpretation and the following points to verify
LG Electronics' official announcement confirms a new air-cooled chiller plant in Windsor, Virginia, and expanded production lines in Pyeongtaek and Changwon. The U.S. plant will have 32,000 m² of floor area on a 170,000 m² site and targets production in the first half of 2027; the Korean lines are planned to expand in stages by the end of 2026. The KRW 150 billion figure combines the U.S. plant, Korean line expansion and equipment upgrades, so it is not treated as the equipment contract value or MW capacity of any Korean data center. Production volume, cooling capacity, backlog, customers, individual sites and delivery schedules were not disclosed, and a planned production start is not completion, mass production or delivery performance. No Korean physical-center, map, incoming-power, IT Load, UPS or PUE record is changed.
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