Chey Tae-won Checks AI Infrastructure and Manufacturing AX in Ulsan
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According to AI TIMES, Chey Tae-won, chairman of SK Group, visited Ulsan on September 10 and personally reviewed the progress of AI data cen…
According to AI TIMES, Chey Tae-won, chairman of SK Group, visited Ulsan on September 10 and personally reviewed the progress of AI data center construction and AX efforts at manufacturing sites. The visit served as an on-site inspection linking the first project site of the group’s AI infrastructure drive and a key base for manufacturing AX, while also confirming plans for the largest AI-dedicated data center outside the Seoul metropolitan area and a cluster in the Yeongnam region with a combined capacity of more than 2 GW. At the data center, he examined how the group’s infrastructure buildout is actually being carried out. He then visited Ulsan CLX, where he reviewed an execution model that applies AI to refining and petrochemical processes to improve operational optimization, safety, and energy efficiency at the same time. In particular, the focus was on how an operating method that combines AI judgment with the experience of on-site engineers is taking root in manufacturing settings. SK is understood to be using the field-management visit to show that its strategy, which runs from semiconductors to infrastructure, services, and manufacturing AX, is aligning with real business operations on the ground.
Perspective
This review suggests whether a strategy that had remained at the level of declarations has moved into on-site execution. When infrastructure buildout and manufacturing applications are linked as one continuous flow rather than moving separately, a group-wide AI strategy can be seen not as a cost outlay but as a transformation in how the business is operated. Ultimately, it also suggests that the focus of competitiveness is shifting away from simply owning technology and toward how deeply that technology is embedded in on-site decision-making and production systems.
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