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LG CNS completes 30-MW AI data center
in Indonesia
Korean company
eyes expansion across Asia-Pacific as AI infrastructure demand grows
By Lee Gyu-lee,
The Korea Times - LG CNS has completed the construction of a 30-megawatt (MW)
hyperscale artificial intelligence (AI) data center in Jakarta, becoming the
first Korean company to build an AI data center overseas for a local client.
The company
said Monday that it had secured customers for the facility's full capacity
before completing construction.
The project
was commissioned last year by KMG, a joint venture between Indonesia's Sinar
Mas Group and Korea Investment Real Asset Management. It marks LG CNS'
expansion into overseas markets, leveraging its data center design, build and
operate (DBO) capabilities.
The data
center was designed to support high-performance computing powered by
next-generation graphics processing units (GPUs). To manage the heat generated
by AI servers, LG CNS adopted a hybrid cooling structure combining air and
liquid cooling. The first phase uses air cooling, with liquid-cooling
technology to be introduced in subsequent phases to support high-density AI
server environments.
LG CNS also
installed a power system capable of handling more than 300 kilowatts per rack,
about 60 times the power capacity required by a typical data center rack. The
infrastructure features redundant power systems to ensure uninterrupted
operations around the clock, even in the event of a disruption to the primary
power supply.
The project
features an integrated One LG solution that brings together the capabilities of
LG Group affiliates. LG CNS provided its DBO expertise, while LG Electronics
supplied air-conditioning systems and LG Energy Solution provided batteries,
enabling the integrated delivery of power, cooling and energy infrastructure.
LG CNS is
currently designing the next phase of the project, which will expand the data
center's total power capacity to 400 MW upon completion, making it one of
Indonesia's largest AI data center facilities.
Building on
its experience in Indonesia, LG CNS plans to expand its AI data center business
across the Asia-Pacific region, including Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, the
Philippines and Japan.
Korea's
largest data center operator has also diversified its domestic portfolio beyond
colocation and DBO services to include prefabricated modular data centers,
GPU-as-a-Service and liquid-cooling infrastructure. It plans to build on these
capabilities to expand its AI factory business, integrating AI platforms and
services.
"Completing
the AI data center in Indonesia is a meaningful achievement, demonstrating our
ability to bring the expertise we have developed in Korea to overseas customers
and strengthening our competitiveness in the global market," LG CNS CEO Hyun
Shin-kyoon said.
"Building
on this achievement, we will expand our AI data center and AI factory
businesses in global markets, particularly across the Asia-Pacific region,
where demand for AI computing is surging."
