Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

AI boom requires lots of energy. Korea isn't moving fast enough.

As the AI boom drives up energy consumption, countries around the world are rushing to secure energy supplies, from nuclear to gas sources, but Korea risks falling behind with its insistence on renewable energy, which could jeopardize its AI goals.

2025-11-16

OpenAI and Amazon sign $38B deal for AI computing power

OpenAI and Amazon have signed a $38 billion deal that enables the ChatGPT maker to run its artificial intelligence systems on Amazon's data centers in the United States.

2025-11-04

Recovery of gov't services nears 90% after data center fire

Nearly 90 percent of the government's online administrative services have been restored following an outage caused by a fire at the state data center last month, authorities said Friday.

2025-10-31

LG, SK Enmove team up with U.S. firm to co-develop AI data center cooling solutions

LG Electronics and SK Enmove said Tuesday they have signed a memorandum of understanding with U.S. data center cooling solutions provider Green Revolution Cooling (GRC) to jointly develop and expand cooling technologies for AI data centers.

2025-10-28

Naver's Sejong Gak data center to scale GPU services

Gak Sejong, located 93 miles out of Seoul and just 4.3 miles away from Sejong City Hall, is the second data center that Naver operates on its own, following the Gak Chuncheon data center in Gangwon province.

2025-10-28

Sixty percent of gov't services now back online as data center fire recovery continues

More than 60 percent of the government's online administrative services affected by a fire at a state data center last month have been restored, authorities said Wednesday.

2025-10-22

Service recovery nears 60% following state data center fire

Nearly 60 percent of the government's online administrative services affected by a fire at a state data center last month have been restored, authorities said Tuesday.

2025-10-21

Gov't says fire-hit online administrative services in 'gradual recovery phase'

The government said Monday that online administrative services affected by last month's fire at a state data center have entered a "gradual recovery phase" with more than half of them restored.

2025-10-20

Korean gov't denies possibility of opening mobile phone accounts without ID

The Korean government and telecommunication community denied rumors that some Chinese people had opened new mobile phone accounts without undergoing proper identity verification.

2025-10-19

Samsung, OpenAI join hands to develop floating data centers

Samsung is partnering with OpenAI to develop floating data centers on the ocean, seeking a scalable solution to the immense energy and cooling demands of AI infrastructure.

2025-10-14