TH Pharm and Sunsungo Partner on Eco-Friendly AIDC-Linked "Smart Bio Materials and AI R&D" Pilot in Osong
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TH Pharm and Sunsungo have signed an MOU to pursue an eco-friendly demonstration project in Osong, North Chungcheong Province. The pilot combines AIDC infrastructure with smart bio materials processes. In phase 1, heat recovered from the data center cooling process will be used for air conditioning and heating at bio materials facilities, and in phase 2, AIDC computing resources will be used for new drug R&D and bio data analysis.
TH Pharm, a biotech startup developing therapeutics for metabolic diseases, and Sunsungo, a deep-tech company specializing in cooling and insulation, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to pursue an eco-friendly demonstration project in Osong, North Chungcheong Province. TH Pharm is led by CEO Han Tae-hee, and Sunsungo by CEO Lee Seong-hoon. The pilot project combines artificial intelligence data center (AIDC) infrastructure with smart bio materials processes.
At the heart of the agreement is combining Sunsungo's data center cooling and heat-recovery engineering technology with TH Pharm's bio R&D capabilities. The project will follow a division-of-labor model, with Sunsungo responsible for building the infrastructure and operating the facilities. TH Pharm will use the secured eco-friendly heat source and computing resources for smart bio materials production and new drug research.
A key feature of the partnership is the reuse of thermal energy generated during data center operations in bio production facilities, while also linking data center computing resources to research and development. This sets it apart from conventional infrastructure utilization methods. The two companies plan to establish a pilot framework that improves energy efficiency and upgrades the R&D environment at the same time.
In the first phase of the pilot, Sunsungo and TH Pharm will verify in a real operating environment a system that recovers heat generated during the AIDC cooling process and uses it for air conditioning and heating at bio materials facilities. Sunsungo plans to apply water-based cooling technology to small distributed AIDCs to reduce cooling electricity consumption, and then recover heat from servers with high-efficiency heat pumps before raising the temperature. TH Pharm plans to receive the recovered heat secured in this way as a heat source for air conditioning and heating at its smart bio materials manufacturing and research facilities, and to use the recovered heat in production facilities for smart bio materials that require precise temperature control.
The two companies will include in the pilot an energy circulation structure that connects the data center cooling process with the heat demand of bio production facilities, and through this they plan to verify the potential to reduce cooling electricity and facility energy costs. They will also check heat recovery efficiency and supply stability in an actual operating environment, while reviewing operating conditions that can be applied to bio production processes.
In the second phase, AIDC's high-performance computing and data infrastructure will be linked to smart bio materials processes and TH Pharm's new drug R&D. To that end, they plan to analyze process data generated during materials production in real time to derive optimal manufacturing conditions. In addition, based on the premise that large-scale computing resources are needed for such research and analysis, they plan to use AIDC resources for AI-based big data analysis of metabolic disease bio data, biomarker discovery, and indication-expansion research.
To improve the use of production process data and secure an analysis environment for new drug research, TH Pharm plans to connect accumulated manufacturing process and R&D data to computing infrastructure and gradually expand the scope of data use.
TH Pharm also plans to verify the economic viability and operational stability of the Osong pilot model, while seeking links with Chungbuk provincial and central government-led distributed AIDC power demonstrations and with Chungbuk provincial and central government-led eco-friendly AI-bio convergence national projects. It also plans to review the potential for business expansion based on the pilot results and refine cooperation models for application in related industries.
CEO Han Tae-hee of TH Pharm said the partnership with an infrastructure specialist would allow the company to secure eco-friendly heat sources and high-performance computing resources ahead of time without the burden of large-scale facility investment, while reducing smart bio materials production costs and improving the efficiency of AI new drug research. He also said the goal is to create a model case for an eco-friendly bio demonstration hub in Osong.
CEO Lee Seong-hoon of Sunsungo cited water-based cooling and waste-heat circulation technology as Sunsungo's differentiating strengths, saying that directly applying the technology to high-value-added bio materials industry sites is a highly meaningful opportunity. He added that the company aims to prove both energy efficiency and industrial benefits through the project, and said it hopes to present a new standard for eco-friendly AIDCs based on those results.
Source: TECHWORLD · Kim Gyeong-ju
Original: https://www.epnc.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=408307
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