LG CNS leases all capacity at Jakarta AI data center

Update, November 2: LG CNS said it has completed the 30 MW facility, making it the first Korean company to build an AI data center overseas for a local client, The Korea Times reports. The power system can handle more than 300 kilowatts per rack, the first phase uses air cooling with liquid cooling planned for later phases, and LG CNS is designing a next phase that the paper says will take total power capacity to 400 MW, above the 220 MW figure The Elec reported earlier. LG CNS plans to expand its AI data center business across Asia Pacific, including Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines and Japan.

LG CNS secured lease agreements for all capacity at its Jakarta AI data center before completion, according to The Elec. The company said during its October 30 earnings call that the facility was scheduled for completion in early November.

The first phase has 11 floors, covers 46,281 square meters, and has 30 MW of power capacity. It can accommodate more than 100,000 servers. Project owner KMG, a joint venture of Indonesia's Sinar Mas Group and Korea Investment Real Asset Management, plans to expand total power intake capacity to 220 MW.

LG CNS also plans to pursue modular data center projects in North America and Europe that can support Nvidia's Vera Rubin platform. The company will invest gradually in GPU services after assessing demand and commercial viability.

Its board previously approved an investment of 381.4 billion won in GPUs and infrastructure equipment, with the equipment acquisition scheduled for June 30, 2027. AI and cloud revenue reached 961.5 billion won in the third quarter, representing 57.8% of total revenue.