Samsung Electronics will invest 240 billion won ($170 million) to build heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment manufacturing facility in Gwangju, under the goal of having the region as its manufacturing hub for data center cooling solutions. Samsung Electronics, FlaktGroup Korea and Jeonnam-Gwangju Special Metropolitan City held a signing ceremony for the investment in Gwangju. Jeonnam-Gwangju Mayor Min Hyung-bae, Samsung Electronics Head of Digital Appliances Business Kim Cheol-gi and FlaktGroup Korea Head Sean Lim attended the ceremony. Under the investment deal, Samsung Electronics will set up FlaktGroup’s HVAC equipment manufacturing facility on a 21,800-square-meter site at Samsung’s existing plant in the city. The new facility will begin manufacturing FlaktGroup’s coolant distribution units (CDUs) and other HVAC equipment in 2028. CDUs are essential for liquid cooling systems for data centers. This marks the company’s first large-scale investment in new production facilities since the establishment of its Gwangju plant, then known as Gwangju Electronics,