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SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won on Thursday visited an artificial intelligence (AI) data center under construction in the southeastern city of Ulsan and SK Innovation Co.'s nearby petrochemical complex, calling for greater synergy between the group's AI infrastructure and manufacturing operations.

Chey visited the site of the SK AI Data Center Ulsan, being built in the city's national industrial complex, a day ahead of the 2026 Ulsan Forum. He was accompanied by chief executives of major SK affiliates, including SK Innovation, SK Telecom and SK Gas, according to the group.

SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won (C) inspects the construction site of SK Group's artificial intelligence data center in the southeastern city of Ulsan on Sept. 10, 2026, in this photo provided by SK Innovation Co. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

The envisioned center is an AI-focused data center being jointly developed by SK Group and Amazon Web Services (AWS) at an estimated cost of 7 trillion won (US$5.2 billion).

During the visit, Chey described the envisioned data center as a key piece of South Korea's AI infrastructure, while pointing to SK Innovation's Ulsan Complex (CLX) as a major testing ground for applying AI to real-world manufacturing operations.

The Ulsan CLX, SK Innovation's flagship refining and petrochemical production base, has been pushing an AI-driven transformation of its operations, providing a potential link between the group's expanding AI computing infrastructure and its traditional manufacturing businesses.

"SK's vision of becoming a full-stack AI provider can only be realized when the SK AI Data Center Ulsan, a symbol of AI infrastructure, is seamlessly connected with SK Innovation's Ulsan CLX, where AI is applied to actual production," Chey said, calling for greater synergy among SK Group affiliates.

Construction began with a groundbreaking ceremony in August last year, with the data center scheduled to begin operations in the second half of 2027.

The facility is designed to support high-performance computing based on graphics processing units (GPUs) and incorporates hybrid cooling systems to provide greater performance and efficiency than conventional data centers.

The group plans to use the Ulsan data center as a hub for attracting AI companies, creating jobs and driving manufacturing innovation as a new growth engine for the industrial city.

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首尔，9月10日（韩联社）——SK集团董事长崔泰元周四视察了位于韩国东南部城市蔚山的一座在建人工智能（AI）数据中心和SK创新公司附近的石化综合体，呼吁加强集团人工智能基础设施与制造业务之间的协同效应。

在2026年蔚山论坛召开前一天，崔志远参观了正在蔚山国家工业园区建设的SK AI数据中心蔚山分部。据SK集团称，陪同他参观的有SK旗下主要子公司的首席执行官，包括SK Innovation、SK Telecom和SK Gas。

2026年9月10日，SK集团董事长崔泰元（中）视察了位于韩国东南部城市蔚山的SK集团人工智能数据中心建设工地。（图片由SK Innovation Co.提供，非卖品）（韩联社）

设想中的中心是由 SK 集团和亚马逊网络服务 (AWS) 联合开发的以人工智能为中心的数据中心，预计耗资 7 万亿韩元（52 亿美元）。

访问期间，Chey 将设想中的数据中心描述为韩国人工智能基础设施的关键组成部分，同时指出 SK Innovation 的蔚山综合体 (CLX) 是将人工智能应用于现实世界制造运营的主要试验场。

SK Innovation 的旗舰炼油和石化生产基地蔚山 CLX 一直在推进其运营的 AI 驱动转型，为集团不断扩展的 AI 计算基础设施与其传统制造业业务之间提供了潜在的联系。

Chey表示：“SK成为全栈人工智能提供商的愿景只有在SK人工智能数据中心蔚山（人工智能基础设施的象征）与SK创新蔚山CLX（人工智能应用于实际生产）无缝连接后才能实现。”他呼吁SK集团旗下各公司加强协同合作。

该项目于去年 8 月举行了奠基仪式，正式开工建设，数据中心计划于 2027 年下半年投入运营。

该设施旨在支持基于图形处理单元 (GPU) 的高性能计算，并采用混合冷却系统，以提供比传统数据中心更高的性能和效率。

该集团计划将蔚山数据中心打造成为吸引人工智能公司、创造就业机会、推动制造业创新，从而成为这座工业城市新的增长引擎的枢纽。

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