Okeastro to Showcase Cheonan-Asan 'AI City' Technologies at WSCE 2026
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Okeastro is responsible for building the AI data center (AIDC) and cloud-based city operating system in the Cheonan-Asan AI-specialized pilot city.
The Cheonan-Asan AI-specialized pilot city is being promoted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and will run for 5 years from 2026 to 2030 with a total project cost of about KRW 610.9 billion.
At WSCE 2026, it plans to unveil the blueprint and related technologies for the Cheonan-Asan AI-specialized pilot city and continue with demonstration plans for services in areas such as transportation, disaster response and civil complaints.
Okeastro is responsible for building the core infrastructure for the Cheonan-Asan AI-specialized pilot city. The buildout includes an AI data center (AIDC) and a cloud-based city operating system.
The Cheonan-Asan AI-specialized pilot city is a project led by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. The project will run for 5 years from 2026 to 2030. The total project cost is about KRW 610.9 billion. The project is based on the two cities' shared living area.
The project aims to link urban data with AI infrastructure to intelligentize city operations across the board, including disaster response, transportation, administration and energy. While conventional smart cities focused on monitoring urban conditions, this plan seeks an AI structure for real-time situation awareness, decision-making and response.
Okeastro Group said it plans to unveil the blueprint and related technologies for the Cheonan-Asan AI-specialized pilot city at the '2026 World Smart City Expo (WSCE 2026).' The event will run from the 9th to the 11th.
The starting point of the plan is an urban data integration and standardization plan, as well as a plan to connect AI agents and physical AI. Based on this, phased demonstration plans for services in areas such as transportation, disaster response and civil complaints will follow.
Okeastro is the lead company of the Cheonan-Asan consortium. Okeastro will oversee the construction of the next-generation AIDC and the integrated operation of AI and cloud infrastructure.
The AIDC includes building high-performance GPUs for large-scale AI training and computing, building domestically produced NPUs for AI inference and acceleration, and building a computing environment that combines CPUs and large-capacity storage. This structure supports the entire process of AI model training, inference, service deployment and urban infrastructure control.
Sovereign AI cloud-based full-stack technology will be applied here. The plan also includes integrated management and optimization of AI computing resources, adoption of AI-based autonomous operations technology, and adoption of self-healing technology. The goal is to support stable operation of city services.
At the WSCE site, a Cheonan-Asan AI-specialized pilot city pavilion will be operated. The pavilion will be run by 11 consortium participating organizations, including Okeastro. The exhibits will be services to be applied to the city in the future. The services on display include physical AI robots for responding to traffic accidents, flooding and emergencies, an autonomous driving simulator and AI-based health status analysis technology.
Okeastro plans to use the Cheonan-Asan project as a reference for expanding its smart city and AI infrastructure businesses at home and abroad in the future. To that end, Okeastro is seeking to expand touchpoints with public institutions, companies and overseas buyers through WSCE, and to uncover additional business opportunities through WSCE.
Kim Min-joon, chairman of Okeastro Group, said the core of an AI city is infrastructure that stably connects and operates diverse urban data and AI services. He added that the company plans to build the core infrastructure for the Cheonan-Asan AI city based on AI data center and sovereign AI cloud technologies, and to establish an AI city model that can be expanded domestically and internationally.
Source: TECHWORLD · Kim Seung-gi
Original: https://www.epnc.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=406756
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