Samsung Electronics Breaks Ground on Fläkt HVAC Production Line in Gwangju, Set to Begin Operations in Early 2028
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Samsung Electronics has broken ground on Fläkt Group's HVAC production line at its third campus in the Gwangju plant.
The investment will total about KRW 240 billion, and the production line will cover a total floor area of 21,800 square meters (about 6,600 pyeong).
The line is aimed for early 2028 operations and will produce cooling and central air-conditioning equipment for AI data centers and advanced manufacturing facilities in Korea and East Asia.
Samsung Electronics has broken ground on Fläkt Group's HVAC production line at its Gwangju plant. The groundbreaking ceremony was held on the 21st at the Gwangju plant in Gwangju Metropolitan City, Jeollanam-do.
The production line will be built on the third campus of the Gwangju plant, and the investment will total about KRW 240 billion. The line will cover a total floor area of 21,800 square meters (about 6,600 pyeong).
The line is scheduled to go into full operation in early 2028 and will serve as a base for producing cooling and central air-conditioning equipment for AI data centers and advanced manufacturing facilities in Korea and East Asia.
The ceremony was attended by Roh Tae-moon, Samsung Electronics' president and head of the DX Division; Tobias Kettele, CFO of Fläkt Group; and Min Byung-hun, mayor of Gwangju Metropolitan City, Jeollanam-do.
The Gwangju production line is Fläkt Group's 15th global production base. It will be responsible for a supply zone centered on Korea and East Asia, providing cooling and air-conditioning equipment for AI data centers, semiconductor manufacturing facilities, battery manufacturing facilities, and large commercial facilities.
The Gwangju production line will produce coolant distribution units (CDU), fan wall units (FWU), computer room air handlers (CRAH), and air handling units (AHU) for large buildings. These systems are used in data centers and large facilities.
In particular, the CDU is installed between the chiller and the cold plate in a data center liquid cooling system. The cold plate directly cools the server, while the CDU is responsible for coolant temperature control, pressure control, and heat exchange.
As AI servers become more powerful, heat generation and power consumption are increasing, and the importance of data center cooling technology is growing. Fläkt Group supplies both air-cooling and liquid-cooling equipment for data centers. Samsung Electronics is expanding its HVAC business, including data centers, following its acquisition of Fläkt Group. Based on production facilities and R&D hubs in the U.S., Europe, and Asia, Fläkt Group supplies central air-conditioning equipment for data centers, manufacturing facilities, and large commercial facilities.
Samsung Electronics is moving ahead with a large-scale production facility investment for the first time in 37 years since establishing the Gwangju plant in 1989. This investment will add HVAC production facilities to the Gwangju plant's existing AI home appliance production base, expanding the plant's production scope into industrial air conditioning.
Accordingly, Samsung Electronics plans to build an HVAC business system that links product development, production, installation, and maintenance. It also plans to pursue local talent recruitment alongside the construction of the production line, and to foster partner companies as well. Fläkt Group Korea has begun recruiting experienced employees this month in finance, logistics, and procurement for the operation of the Gwangju production facility.
Roh Tae-moon, president and head of Samsung Electronics' DX Division, said the new Fläkt Group production line groundbreaking marks another milestone in the leap forward of the HVAC business. He also said the company plans to develop the Gwangju plant into an advanced manufacturing base that produces AI home appliances and next-generation HVAC solutions at the same time.
Source: IT DAILY · Kim Byung-ju
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