Ground Broken on 300MW Data Center Campus in Pohang, South Korea

A groundbreaking ceremony was held yesterday for a massive 300MW data center campus in Pohang, a city on South Korea’s southeastern coast in Gyeongsang Province. The project, known as the Gwangmeyong General Industrial Complex, is situated in the town of Ocheon, south of downtown Pohang.

The campus is being developed in two phases. The first phase will deliver 40MW of capacity across 100,000 square meters (approximately 1,076,390 square feet), with local media reports indicating a target completion date in the first half of 2027. The second phase will add a further 260MW, bringing the total campus capacity to 300MW. According to a report by KBS, around 2 trillion won (approximately $1.35 billion) has been invested in the project to date.

Hyundai Engineering and Construction is handling the construction work, while the site is being developed with investment from South Korean investor NeoAI Cloud. Details about potential end-users for the data center have not been disclosed. Pohang is not currently considered a major data center hub, though it has seen some prior interest from developers. SK ecoplant announced plans in September 2023 to build a 120MW data center campus and landing station in the city, but the status of that project remains unclear.