NEWS & INSIGHT
Hyundai Steel launched H ONE, combining rolled and built-up H-beams, and outlined a structural-steel offering for the heavy-load, large-section and non-standard size requirements of AI data centers.
LG Electronics USA signed a definitive long-term agreement with AIR Control Concepts to supply high-efficiency chillers to AI data centers in the United States and Canada. The 5 GW figure is the aggregate scale of the supported data center portfolio, not cooling capacity or secured power in Korea.
Sejong City signed an MOU with SK Securities, Meteus Asset Management and Seed H to pursue a 360 MW-class AI data center by 2029. The investment plan and administrative support pledge are confirmed, but they do not mean that land, power, water or permits have been secured.
LG Electronics USA signed a definitive long-term agreement with AIR Control Concepts to supply high-efficiency chillers to AI data centers in the United States and Canada. The 5 GW figure is the aggregate scale of the supported data center portfolio, not cooling capacity or secured power in Korea.
Cross-check of official releases from LG Electronics Korea, LG Electronics USA and AIR Control ConceptsLG 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.
LG Group official newsroomLS ELECTRIC disclosed a contract to supply its U.S. subsidiary with extra-high-voltage transformers for North American hyperscale AI data-center power infrastructure. It is a new order with a different value and term from the August contract.
Cross-check of FSS DART and LS ELECTRIC-supplied announcementLG Electronics has been listed as a Preferred Partner in the Power and Cooling category of the NVIDIA Partner Network. This signals an expansion of opportunities for engagement during the early stages of design and is distinct from supply contracts for individual project sites.
Comparison of LG Electronics’ press release and LG’s official DSX Ready materialsThe two companies have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to jointly develop refrigerants and refrigeration oils and to expand the application of liquid immersion cooling. This is technical development news related to the selection of cooling media for data centers and the review of equipment compatibility.
LG Official NewsroomLG Electronics’ official Korean announcement highlighted the DSX Ready certification for its 2.5 MW-class cooling water distribution unit (CDU). Here, MW refers to cooling capacity, which is different from the power supply capacity at the site.
LG Official NewsroomLG Energy Solution announced that its LFP-based JF2 AC Link BESS has received DSX Ready certification. This is a product-specific technical update highlighting features designed to mitigate AI load fluctuations and enhance grid responsiveness.
LG Official NewsroomLG Electronics has unveiled an air-cooled, oil-free inverter turbo chiller that combines magnetic levitation bearings, refrigerant-based pre-cooling, and a modular piping package, designed to meet the cooling demands of AI data centers.
Cross-reference with LG Electronics press releases and official product documentationHanwha Ocean announced that it will unveil a 60MW-class floating data center model—which combines offshore power generation, seawater cooling, and a modular design—for the first time at Gastech 2026.
Comparison of Hanwha Ocean’s Press Release with Major Domestic Media ReportsLS ELECTRIC and KT Cloud have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to form a strategic partnership for the design and supply of power equipment for a new AI data center and for joint research on power solutions for modular data centers.
Official Announcement from LS Group and LS ELECTRICDoosan Fuel Cell has officially announced that it has signed a 501.4 billion won contract with Hi-Exium to supply phosphoric acid fuel cell systems and will sequentially deliver products for U.S. AI data centers from the second half of 2026 through the first half of 2028.
Doosan Newsroom · Doosan Fuel CellGaon Cable announced that, based on its experience supplying North American semiconductor factories, it is expanding the application of its low-friction power distribution cables to AI data centers and strengthening its bus duct, low-voltage, and medium-voltage cable product lines.
LS Cable Official NewsroomThe Ministry of Climate, Energy, and Environment held the first meeting of an industry-academia-research task force to develop an AI data center grid code that reflects the characteristics of the domestic power grid by the end of the year.
Republic of Korea Policy Briefing · Ministry of Climate, Energy, and EnvironmentLS ELECTRIC announced a contract worth 230.85 billion won to supply power equipment for a Big Tech data center, signed with its U.S. subsidiary.
Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) DARTThe two companies have agreed to jointly develop an 800V DC-based next-generation power system that reduces the number of power conversion stages, along with data analysis and diagnostic technologies.
LG U+ NewsroomThe government has outlined a plan to overhaul the power supervision system—including improvements to power grid technical standards and a verification system for compliance—in response to large-scale loads and the increase in distributed energy resources.
Ministry of Climate, Energy, and EnvironmentAn agreement has been signed to ensure the stable supply of emergency generators and core power equipment for future AI data centers, including the Paju AI Data Center.
LG U+ NewsroomLG Uplus announced that it confirmed an approximately 24% improvement in energy efficiency compared to air cooling through the D2C liquid cooling design and its own pilot test at the Paju Center.
LG U+ NewsroomNHN has officially announced the launch of its water-cooled B200 GPU infrastructure in the Seoul-Yangpyeong region and its plans to build the B300 facility at the Gwangju National AI Data Center.
INSIDE NHNIn its annual earnings report, NHN announced that it is in the process of building a single cluster of over 4,000 B200 GPUs and a water-cooled system in the Yangpyeong region of Seoul.
INSIDE NHNSK Telecom has unveiled a roadmap to expand the Ulsan AIDC to a 1 GW scale and replicate the model at key domestic locations based on energy-specialized solutions.
SK Telecom NewsroomThe Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced the enforcement of the Special Act on the Promotion of Distributed Energy and the implementation of the power system impact assessment system for power-consuming facilities with a contracted power capacity of 10 MW or more.
Ministry of Trade, Industry and EnergyThe Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy has announced guidelines to support the decentralization of data center locations in order to reduce the burden on transmission and distribution networks caused by the concentration of data centers in the Seoul metropolitan area.
Ministry of Trade, Industry and EnergyLG Uplus has unveiled the high-efficiency cooling and eco-friendly construction plans for its Pyeongchon 2 Center, which has a total floor area of 40,450 square meters.
Official Announcement from LG UplusWe have organized the necessary documents and company procedures step by step, from the notice of intent through technical review, power system impact assessment, contract signing, and power connection.
We prioritize verifying original sources from government and public agencies as well as operators. Duplicate entries from the same announcement are consolidated, and subsequent announcements regarding contracts, construction, and operations are recorded as change history. We distinguish between MOUs, plans, groundbreakings, completions, and operations; the number of posts does not represent the total number of data centers nationwide. When a new source document is confirmed, we add the actual text rather than simply updating the date.
