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LG CNS Completes 30MW Jakarta AI Center, Plans 400MW Expansion
LG CNS says the Jakarta AI data center it built for KMG is complete, with customers secured for the first phase’s full capacity. Later phases could expand the site to 400MW, but remain in the design stage.
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LG CNS has completed the 30MW Jakarta AI data center it built for KMG, a joint venture of Sinar Mas and Korea Investment Real Asset Management, with customers already secured for the facility’s full capacity, while the much larger expansion it is planning remains in the design stage. The company held a completion ceremony on Nov. 1 and announced the project on Nov. 2. Later construction phases could lift the site’s total power capacity to 400MW, but LG CNS has not set out a schedule for that expansion in its announcement.
Full capacity booked before the next phase
The project was commissioned by KMG, a joint venture between Indonesia’s Sinar Mas Group and Korea Investment Real Asset Management. LG CNS describes it as the first time a South Korean company has completed an AI data center overseas for a local client. The company says it secured customers for the entire capacity before construction was complete, but does not identify them.
That early demand gives the initial 30MW facility a clear commercial foothold. The planned 400MW total, however, is not capacity already operating: LG CNS says it is currently designing subsequent phases. Its announcement provides no timetable for construction or completion of those stages.
Air cooling now, liquid cooling later
LG CNS designed the center for high-performance computing using next-generation GPUs. The first phase uses air cooling; the company plans to add liquid cooling in later stages to manage heat from denser AI server deployments. The hybrid design is therefore a phased plan, not a claim that the initial build already runs both cooling methods.
Power infrastructure is rated to support 300 kilowatts or more per rack, which LG CNS compares with roughly 60 times the power required by a typical data-center rack. The company also says it duplicated the power infrastructure so backup supply can keep the facility operating if the main supply is interrupted. Those specifications address the concentrated power and heat demands of GPU-heavy computing.
LG affiliates supply cooling and batteries
The project combines LG CNS’s design, build and operate capabilities with air-conditioning systems from LG Electronics and batteries from LG Energy Solution. LG CNS calls the package its “One LG” integrated solution, bringing power, cooling and energy infrastructure together for the Jakarta build. The company presents the project as a reference for pursuing similar data-center work abroad.
LG CNS CEO Hyun Shin-kyoon said:
“인도네시아 AI데이터센터 구축 완료는 LG CNS가 국내에서 축적한 데이터센터 역량을 해외 고객에게 제공하고, 글로벌 시장에서 사업 경쟁력을 입증한 의미 있는 성과.”
The statement describes the completion as a demonstration of the company’s ability to bring its domestic data-center capabilities to overseas customers. Hyun Shin-kyoon, CEO, LG CNS
Jakarta becomes a base for regional bids
LG CNS says it plans to pursue AI data-center projects in Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines and Japan, building on the Jakarta experience. The company is also expanding its offerings in South Korea beyond colocation and data-center design, build and operation, with prefabricated modular facilities, GPU-as-a-service and liquid-cooling infrastructure among the services it names.
Its next stated step in Indonesia is design work for the later construction phases. The distinction is central to the project’s scale: 30MW is complete and fully subscribed, while 400MW remains the target for the site after future phases are built.