Hyundai Motor Group finalizes plan to build hyperscale AI data center in South Korea
( October 30, 2026, 06:03 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Hyundai Motor Group said Friday that Hyundai Motor Co and four other group affiliates had decided to join the group’s project to build and operate a hyperscale artificial intelligence data center on reclaimed land in southwestern South Korea. The data center, to be constructed between March 2027 and early 2030 in the Saemangeum area of North Jeolla Province, will become the hub for the group’s research and development activities in such “physical AI” fields as self-driving vehicles, robots and manufacturing systems. The data center project is the centerpiece of the automobile group’s plans, announced in late February, to invest 9 trillion won ($6.73 billion) in AI and solar power-generation projects there.The statement follows (in Korean):...
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