Jun 23, 2025 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji
South Korean Internet firm Kakao is to build a data center in Namyangju, a city in the nation's Gyeonggi province. The KRW 600 billion ($442.3m) investment will see the company develop a 92,000 sqm (990,280 sq ft) AI-focused facility. Work is set to start next year, targeting a 2029 completion date.
Kakao CEO, Jeong Shin-ah, said: “In the era of popularization of AI, Kakao’s goal is to enable all citizens to easily and conveniently use AI services in their daily lives,” adding, “Kakao’s digital hub will be built as a core infrastructure for popularizing AI, and we will continue to cooperate for the development and coexistence of the Namyangju region.”
Namyangju Mayor Joo Kwang-deok said: “I am very pleased that through this large-scale investment by Kakao, we can begin in earnest the massive project of transforming the Namyangju industrial ecosystem that I announced last January. I will do my best to ensure that Kakao’s decision to choose the Wangsuk Urban High-Tech Industrial Complex brings about maximum results.”
