Samsung SDS has begun construction of an AI data center in Gumi, South Korea, following its earlier investment decision and municipal approval. The initial design provides 60 MW of power capacity, with expansion dependent on demand. The company plans combined air and liquid cooling and computing services for manufacturing, robot training and external customers.
Samsung SDS, the South Korean technology-services company, has started building its AI data center in Gumi, South Korea. The company held the groundbreaking on 2 November after announcing its investment in January and obtaining municipal construction approval in late August. The project’s first phase has a planned power capacity of 60 MW. Completion is targeted for the end of 2028.[1], [2]
Samsung SDS plans liquid cooling for areas densely packed with graphics processing units, or GPUs, while networking and storage equipment use air cooling. Rooms are designed to take server racks with different power densities, with redundancy and emergency power included. The company says the design allows later expansion to 120 MW depending on demand, rather than tying the center to one GPU product or AI service.[1]
The center is intended to support manufacturing AI and robot-model training, including Samsung affiliates’ robotics projects and processing of large industrial datasets. Samsung SDS plans to install and operate its own GPUs to supply computing resources. Customers would also be able to place their own GPU servers in the facility through co-location services. The planned business therefore serves both internal manufacturing demand and external organizations using AI infrastructure.[1]
