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Samsung SDS consortium picked to build Korea’s National AI Computing Center

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Source: Byline NetworkAlso reported by Korea Economic Daily (Hankyung)

The Ministry of Science and ICT named a Samsung SDS-led consortium on 10 March 2026 as preferred bidder for the National AI Computing Center, a public-private company at the Solaseedo data-centre park in Haenam, South Jeolla. Members include Naver Cloud, Kakao, KT, Samsung Electronics, Samsung C&T and South Jeolla Province. The centre is to hold about 15,000 GPUs by 2028, with construction from the third quarter of 2026; the consortium was the only bidder.

Why it matters

Korean researchers, startups and the national model teams get a planned state-backed GPU centre outside Seoul, run by domestic cloud firms.

When
10 Mar 2026
ID
WTA-N-2026-0117
Who
Ministry of Science and ICT, Samsung SDS, Naver Cloud, Kakao, KT

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from Byline Network and the reporting credited above. We could not open the primary document, so it is marked Reported. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

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  • Epoch AI: frontier AI data centresEpoch AISite-level timelines of IT power, compute (H100-equivalents) and capital cost for large AI data centres.live · download · CSV
  • IEA Energy and AI dataInternational Energy AgencyWorld and regional data-centre capacity, power usage effectiveness, load factor and electricity use.download · XLSX
  • TOP500 supercomputer listTOP500.orgThe 500 most powerful computer systems, ranked twice a year, with country, site and hardware.Years: 1993-2026 · semi-annual · query tool · Covers before and after

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WTA-N-2026-0117: “Samsung SDS consortium picked to build Korea’s National AI Computing Center.” wheresthe.ai, 10 Mar 2026. https://wheresthe.ai/d/kr-national-ai-computing-center-samsung-sds-2026-03/ (source: Byline Network).

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