Gwangmyeong AI Data Center Pohang
Under constructionGwangmyeong AI Data Center Pohang is a data center in Pohang, South Korea, operated by Private investment consortium / Hyundai Engineering & Construction, with 40 MW of published IT capacity, currently under construction.
Two-phase AI data center breaking ground in Pohang, South Korea, targeting 40 MW in phase one and about 300 MW combined once phase two is complete.
- Operator
- Private investment consortium / Hyundai Engineering & Construction
- City
- Pohang, South Korea
- Power, MW
- 40 MW
- Cooling
- Air
- AI-ready
- Yes
Coloprice Score
20 out of 100
limited data · #11 of 13 in South Korea
- Resilience0/35
- Compliance0/20
- Transparency4/20
- Scale13/15
- Maturity3/10
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</a>Pohang, a city built around POSCO's steel mills, broke ground on July 20, 2026 on a two-trillion-won AI data center at the Gwangmyeong General Industrial Complex, marking a deliberate pivot toward compute infrastructure as the city looks past steel for its next industrial base. A private investment consortium is funding the project, with Hyundai Engineering & Construction handling the build and the Pohang city government providing administrative and permitting support. The first phase targets 40 MW of IT capacity and completion in 2027; a second phase would add roughly 260 MW, taking the campus to about 300 MW in total once both phases are built out. Local backers point to research ties with POSTECH, the science and technology university headquartered in the city, as a draw for AI tenants. No cooling architecture, tenant, or renewable-energy commitment had been published at groundbreaking.
- ▮Groundbreaking July 20, 2026 in Pohang's Gwangmyeong General Industrial Complex
- ▮Phase 1: 40 MW targeting 2027 completion; Phase 2 adds ~260 MW for ~300 MW total
- ▮2 trillion KRW private investment consortium; built by Hyundai Engineering & Construction
- ▮Part of Pohang's pivot from steel manufacturing toward AI/compute infrastructure
- ▮Leverages research ties with POSTECH university
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