OpenAI, Samsung and SK set to start building data centres in Korea in March, minister says

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11/02/2026 01:37

Corrects names of affiliate companies involved in paragraph 1 to Samsung SDS and SK Telecom, not Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix

SEOUL, Feb 11 (Reuters) - OpenAI, Samsung SDS 018260.KS and SK Telecom 017670.KS are preparing to start construction of data centres in South Korea in March, Science Minister Bae Kyung-hoon said at a parliamentary hearing on Wednesday in Seoul.

South Korea said in October that the U.S. startup planned to set up joint ventures with the Korean firms to build two data centres in the country with an initial capacity of 20 megawatts.

 (Reporting by Heejin Kim
Editing by Ed Davies)

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