LG CNS Completes 30MW AI Data Center in Indonesia, Expands in Asia-Pacific Market
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LG CNS said on the 2nd that it has completed a 30MW hyperscale AI data center in Jakarta, Indonesia.
The client for the project is KMG, a joint venture between Indonesia's Sinar Mas Group and Korea Investment Real Asset Management, and LG CNS carried out the local build based on its DBO capabilities.
LG CNS plans to expand its AI data center business in the Asia-Pacific region and to extend into the 'AI Factory' business, which links data center infrastructure with AI platforms and services.
LG CNS announced on the 2nd that it has completed a 30MW hyperscale AI data center in Jakarta, Indonesia. LG CNS said the project marks the first case of a domestic company directly building an overseas AI data center for a foreign client at a local site.
The client for the project is KMG, a joint venture between Indonesia's Sinar Mas Group and Korea Investment Real Asset Management. LG CNS carried out the local build based on its DBO capabilities accumulated in Korea in data center design, build, and operation.
The data center was designed with next-generation GPU-based high-performance computing in mind. It also adopted a hybrid cooling structure combining air cooling and liquid cooling to respond to high-heat AI servers.
LG CNS completed securing customers for the full capacity before completion. Based on this completed project, the company plans to pursue expansion of its AI data center business in the Asia-Pacific region.
The target markets for expansion are Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Japan. LG CNS plans to expand its business in those markets based on this build experience.
In the initial stage of the build, the company focused on lowering server internal temperatures by establishing a first-phase air-cooling system. In later phases, it plans to add a liquid-cooling system to strengthen its ability to handle heat from high-density GPU servers.
The power infrastructure was tailored for a high-density GPU environment. LG CNS designed the system to support power usage environments of more than 300kW per rack and also duplicated the power supply system. It also configured the facility so it can continue operating on backup power if the main power supply is interrupted.
Infrastructure from LG Group affiliates was also applied in this build. Centering on LG CNS's DBO capabilities, the company combined LG Electronics air-conditioning systems and LG Energy Solution batteries to establish integrated power, cooling, and energy infrastructure.
LG CNS is currently proceeding with the design for the next phase. When the full build is completed, the data center's power connection capacity is expected to expand to 400MW.
The company has secured build experience in the Indonesian business and customer references there. Based on the experience and references it has secured, the company has begun targeting the Asia-Pacific market. It plans to identify AI data center business opportunities in Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Japan.
In Korea, the company is expanding its data center business model. The expansion targets are colocation and DBO. The businesses it is pushing ahead with are prefabricated modular data centers, GPUaaS, and liquid-cooling infrastructure buildouts. GPUaaS is a subscription-based GPU offering.
The company plans to expand in the future in a direction that links data center infrastructure with AI platforms and services. The expansion target is the 'AI Factory' business.
LG CNS President Hyun Shin-kyun said the completion of the AI data center build in Indonesia demonstrates the company's data center capabilities accumulated in Korea being delivered to overseas customers and proves its business competitiveness in the global market. He added that the company plans to use this as a bridgehead to expand AI data center and AI Factory businesses in global markets, including the Asia-Pacific region.
Source: TECHWORLD · Kim Seung-ki
Original: https://www.epnc.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=409087
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