LG CNS has completed a 30-megawatt artificial intelligence data center in Jakarta, Indonesia, marking the first overseas AI data center built by a Korean company for a foreign client, with its entire capacity booked before completion.
The facility was commissioned last year by KMG, a joint venture between Indonesia's Sinar Mas Group and Korea Investment Real Asset Management. The project marks LG CNS' entry into overseas AI data center construction for third-party clients.
Designed to support next-generation graphics processing units and high-performance computing, the center features a hybrid cooling system combining conventional air cooling with liquid cooling to handle heat generated by AI servers. The initial phase uses air cooling, with liquid cooling to be introduced in a subsequent phase.
The facility's power infrastructure can support more than 300 kilowatts per rack, roughly 60 times the capacity of a conventional data center rack. Redundant power systems ensure continued operations in the event of a primary power failure.
The project also brings together technologies from LG affiliates under the group's integrated "One LG" strategy, combining LG CNS' data center design, construction and operation capabilities with cooling systems from LG Electronics and batteries from LG Energy Solution.
LG CNS is already designing the next phase of the project, which aims to expand the facility's total power capacity to 400 MW.
Building on its Indonesian foothold, the company plans to pursue AI data center projects in Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines and Japan, as demand for AI computing infrastructure accelerates across Asia.
In Korea, LG CNS offers data center colocation, design-build-operate services, modular facilities, GPU-as-a-service and liquid cooling solutions. It also plans to expand into AI factory services by integrating its infrastructure capabilities with AI platforms and applications.
"The completion of the Indonesian data center demonstrates our ability to deliver our expertise to overseas clients and compete in global markets," LG CNS CEO Hyun Shin-Gyoon said.
"We will use this project as a stepping-stone to expand our AI data center and AI factory businesses across the Asia-Pacific region and beyond."
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