AI NewsWaveNov. 2 AI Briefing: Data Centers and Power, Robot AI and Corporate AI Transformation Lead the Day
Key points
- AI data centers break ground and open, and power solutions follow
- Robot AI unveiled and industrial AI cooperation discussed
- Companies adopt AI agents and speed up AI transformation
Samsung SDS said on Nov. 2 that it has broken ground on an AI-only data center in Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province. It will be built on a site of about 14,000 pyeong in Gongdan-dong, Gumi, starting at 60MW and expandable to up to 120MW, and AI Newspaper (인공지능신문) and iNews24 gave the completion date as the end of 2028. AI Newspaper and EBN reported the investment at 427.3 billion won.
LG CNS said on Nov. 2 that it has completed construction of a 30MW hyperscale AI data center in Jakarta, Indonesia. The company describes it as the first case of a Korean company directly building an AI data center for an overseas client on site, and Digital Daily and Chosun Biz reported that it secured customers equal to the full capacity before completion.
LS Electric Chairman Koo Ja-kyun presented a direct current (DC)-based intelligent power grid as a solution to AI power demand in a keynote speech at the International Conference on Electricity Distribution (CIRED) workshop on Nov. 2. According to Blotter, the idea is to combine DC technology with the existing AC-centered supply system and use AI to raise the operating efficiency of the grid.
Ludo Robotics, Krafton's robotics research subsidiary, unveiled "Ludi 0.2," a robot AI that recognizes human intent and gestures. Krafton said on Nov. 2 that it was presented at a robotics symposium at UC Berkeley on Oct. 30 (local time).
Naver CEO Choi Soo-yeon held a conversation with Siemens CEO Roland Busch on industrial AI at the Asia-Pacific Conference of German Business on Oct. 31, Naver said on Nov. 2. Choi stressed that the base for using AI must widen to small businesses and partner companies.
On Oct. 31, Samsung invited OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to a meeting with the heads of its major affiliates at the Samsung Human Resources Development Center in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province. Samsung Electronics Newsroom said, in a company announcement, that executives from electronics, finance, bio and other affiliates attended, and Betanews and Kukmin Ilbo reported that the topic was "The Next Decade AI Will Change: The Choices of Companies."
Samsung Electro-Mechanics held its 53rd founding anniversary ceremony at its Suwon campus on Nov. 2. President Chang Duck-hyun said, "The AI industry is only at 'January 1' now," and according to Chosun Biz and IT Chosun, he stressed that opportunities in the MLCC and semiconductor package substrate businesses must be turned into results.
Naver Cloud said on Nov. 2 that it signed a "business agreement to strengthen practical AI logistics capabilities" with the Army Logistics Command in Daejeon on Oct. 30. They will build a system that applies AI across all areas of military logistics, including procurement, maintenance and distribution.
SK ecoplant said on Nov. 2 that it is formally launching a "one AI agent per person" system, in which it analyzes employees' actual work data to develop and deploy job-specific AI agents. According to EBN, it will first apply the system at semiconductor and AI data center construction sites to automate repetitive tasks such as data gathering and report writing.