en.Wedoany.com Reported - Recently, South Korea's National AI Computing Center completed the formation of its operating entity and corporate registration, marking the start of preparation for construction at the Solaseado Enterprise City in Haenam County, South Jeolla Province. The project plans to commence construction in July 2026, building a 40MW AI-specialized data center, initially equipped with approximately 15,000 GPUs, to provide large-scale model training and data processing resources for enterprises, universities, and research institutions.
The project site covers an area of approximately 48,900 square meters, with a planned total floor area of about 33,700 square meters, featuring a two-story main building. The construction is scheduled to take approximately 28 months, with trial operations starting in April 2028 and full completion by the end of October of the same year. In addition to the data center server rooms, the project will include power supply and distribution, cooling, network connectivity, storage, and operation management systems required for high-density computing equipment.
The Korea AI Computing Center, responsible for project operations, has completed corporate registration and business licensing, and has set up a field office in Haenam County to coordinate construction, prepare for subsequent operations, and communicate with local agencies. The total project investment is approximately 2.9 trillion Korean won. With the establishment of the operating entity and the commencement of construction preparations, the center is transitioning from site selection, financing, and consortium formation to physical construction.
The project is being advanced by a consortium led by Samsung SDS, including participants such as Naver Cloud, Kakao, KT, Samsung Electronics, Samsung C&T, and Clush, as well as South Jeolla Province and local park development agencies. Each party will undertake responsibilities in data center construction, cloud platforms, communication networks, computing equipment, and park development, forming a construction system covering building works, infrastructure installation, and computing service operations.
According to the overall plan, the center will achieve a computing scale of 15,000 GPUs by 2028, gradually expanding to 50,000 GPUs by 2030. The additional computing power will be used for the development of ultra-large-scale AI models, enterprise application development, and scientific research projects, while also providing a testing and application environment for South Korea's domestically produced AI chips.
With the start of the main construction, the project will sequentially proceed with data center building construction, mechanical and electrical equipment installation, network system integration, and GPU cluster deployment. After the initial batch of computing equipment is installed, joint commissioning of power supply, cooling, network, and computing systems will be required, followed by trial operations and the opening of computing resources.
