KT Cloud is constructing a 50MW data center in the Cheongna district of Incheon, greater Seoul, South Korea.

The company will serve as the design, build, and operate (DBO) partner for the project, reports the Seoul Economic Daily. The data center will span two basement levels and 11 above-ground floors.

Construction will begin in Q4 of this year, with a target completion date of Q1 2030.

As the DBO partner, KT Cloud will run the data center and oversee its development, including design, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing works, and commissioning.

Hyundai Engineering is serving as the joint contractor on the project and will be responsible for architectural, civil, equipment, landscaping, and telecommunications works.

KT Cloud said it would link the data center to its other facilities in the region to meet expansion requirements from customers and improve network continuity.

The data center will support both AI infrastructure and cloud workloads, and will have a dedicated "AI zone" with direct-to-chip liquid cooling, separated from the "cloud zone."

"We expect the Cheongna AI data center to serve as a key hub in the western cluster of the capital region and to respond effectively to demand from domestic and overseas corporate customers that require large-scale AI infrastructure," KT Cloud CEO Kim Bong-kyun said. "We will continue to expand our AI data center supply base both inside and outside the capital region, and give concrete shape to our 1GW AI data center goal based on differentiated technological capabilities."

KT Cloud is targeting 1GW of data center capacity by 2031, up from its previously stated aim of 320MW by 2030. The company is known to have a 10MW data center in Yecheon-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do, as well as a 26MW data center in Seoul's Geumcheon District and a 30MW data center in Dae Bong Dong.

Datacenters.com lists 16 KT Cloud data centers across Korea.