SK Hyper puts $350 billion price tag on Korea's largest AI data center buildout

SK Hyper, SK Telecom's AI data center subsidiary, said its first build phase will require roughly $350 billion including compute hardware. It targets 5 GW by 2029 and 15 GW by 2035, with the first Ulsan campus built with AWS around 60,000 GPUs.

• First phase is 5 GW, with a 15 GW target by 2035
• Ulsan campus: 60,000 GPUs, AWS commits $4B of ₩7 trillion
• SK Telecom to invest up to ₩750 billion in SK Hyper through 2030
• LNG cold energy cooling cuts PUE and operating costs