LS Eco Energy's LS-VINA in Vietnam / Courtesy of LS Eco Energy
LS Eco Energy said Thursday that it will supply power cables for a massive artificial intelligence (AI) data center project led by Vietnam’s largest telecommunications company, Viettel Group, as competition intensifies across Southeast Asia to build AI infrastructure.
The Korean company said its Vietnam production subsidiary, LS-VINA, will provide cables for a hyperscale AI data center being built near Hanoi. The facility, with a planned capacity of 60 megawatts, is considered one of the largest AI infrastructure projects in northern Vietnam and is designed to meet rising demand for generative AI and cloud services.
The scale of the project is equivalent to the electricity consumption of roughly 40,000 to 50,000 households, underscoring the growing strain AI computing places on regional power grids.
LS Eco Energy said the cables will be used in the power network connecting the data center and substations. AI data centers, which rely on high-density GPU servers, require stable electricity supply systems and highly reliable power distribution infrastructure because of their heavy energy consumption and heat generation.
The company has been expanding its presence in Southeast Asia’s AI data center market, supplying busduct systems and transmission cables to hyperscale facilities under construction in Indonesia and Malaysia by global technology companies.
Industry officials said investment demand for data centers has increasingly shifted to countries such as Vietnam, Malaysia and Thailand as Singapore faces land and electricity constraints. Vietnam is also accelerating efforts to position itself as a regional AI data center hub as electricity demand surges with the expansion of generative AI services.
Lee Sang-ho, CEO of LS Eco Energy, said the competition in the AI industry is moving beyond servers and chips to power and communications infrastructure.
“We will strengthen our push into the global AI infrastructure market centered on extra-high-voltage cables and power and optical communication solutions for data centers,” Lee said.
This article was published with the assistance of generative AI and edited by The Korea Times.
Source: Korea Times News
