How big is Kakao — KakaoCloud AI Data Center?

Kakao — KakaoCloud AI Data Center has 80 MW of known IT capacity, located in Ansan, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea. It ranks #243 globally by capacity among 335 tracked facilities.

What is the status of Kakao — KakaoCloud AI Data Center?

Kakao — KakaoCloud AI Data Center is currently operational. Known timeline milestones: Earliest market signal 2022.

Who operates Kakao — KakaoCloud AI Data Center?

Kakao — KakaoCloud AI Data Center is operated by Kakao and Kakao Cloud. Structured intelligence reports are available for Kakao Operator Report and Kakao Cloud Operator Report and South Korea Country Report.

What energy source does Kakao — KakaoCloud AI Data Center use?

Kakao — KakaoCloud AI Data Center is powered by mixed energy and is focused on inference workloads. This is backed by 2 cited sources.

AI data center dossier

Kakao — KakaoCloud AI Data Center

Name: Kakao — KakaoCloud AI Data Center
Address: Ansan, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea

Ansan, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea/datacenters/kakao-ai-data-center-south-korea.html

Operational Mixed 80 MW Inference

Country

South Korea

Operator

Kakao, Kakao Cloud

Energy

Mixed

Known capacity

80 MW

Evidence profile

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Readiness

100%

Sources attachedVerified

2 citations linked

CoordinatesPublished

37.3219, 126.8309

Timeline evidencePartial

1 dated field available

Machine-readable outputsPublished

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GeoJSON geometry

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Record Notes

Kakao's cloud data center campus supports KakaoCloud — Korea's third-largest cloud provider — and hosts the AI models powering Kakao's vast consumer platform (KakaoTalk, KakaoMap, Kakao T ride-sharing, and others used by 90%+ of South Koreans). The facility houses KoGPT, Kakao's Korean-language GPT, used across its services for customer support, content generation, and search. The 2022 Kakao data center fire (at a different facility in Pangyo) which knocked Kakao services offline for 127 hours demonstrated the strategic importance of AI infrastructure resilience, prompting Kakao to accelerate redundancy investments.

Taxonomy Links

Kakao

Kakao Cloud

South Korea

Operational

Mixed

Under 100 MW

Inference

Asia

East Asia

2022

Ansan

Analyst Flags

No obvious coverage gaps detected in the current structured record.

Timeline Signals

Earliest market signal2022

Nearby Facilities

Other tracked AI data centers within 300 km of this location.

Amazon Web Services — Seoul Region (AP Northeast 2)

30 km

Seoul, Seoul Capital Area, South Korea 250 MWOperational

Google Cloud — South Korea (Seoul) Region

30 km

Seoul, Seoul Capital Area, South Korea 200 MWOperational

Microsoft Azure — Korea Central Region (Seoul)

30 km

Seoul, Seoul, South Korea 200 MWOperational

Oracle Cloud — South Korea (Seoul)

30 km

Seoul, Seoul Capital Area, South Korea 80 MWOperational

Naver — Chuncheon Data Center (Gak)

101 km

Chuncheon, Gangwon, South Korea 100 MWOperational

NAVER — Spring Cloud AI Data Center

101 km

Chuncheon, Gangwon, South Korea 100 MWOperational

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Amazon Web Services — Seoul Region (AP Northeast 2)

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Google Cloud — South Korea (Seoul) Region

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Microsoft Azure — Korea Central Region (Seoul)

200 MW

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Intelligence Reports

Structured analysis covering this facility's operator and market context.

OperatorKakao Operator Report$29 — PDF + JSON/CSV OperatorKakao Cloud Operator Report$29 — PDF + JSON/CSV CountrySouth Korea Country Report$29 — PDF + JSON/CSV

Frequently asked questions

How big is Kakao — KakaoCloud AI Data Center?: Kakao — KakaoCloud AI Data Center has 80 MW of known IT capacity, located in Ansan, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea. It ranks #243 globally by capacity among 335 tracked facilities.
What is the status of Kakao — KakaoCloud AI Data Center?: Kakao — KakaoCloud AI Data Center is currently operational. Known timeline milestones: Earliest market signal 2022.
Who operates Kakao — KakaoCloud AI Data Center?: Kakao — KakaoCloud AI Data Center is operated by Kakao and Kakao Cloud. Structured intelligence reports are available for Kakao Operator Report and Kakao Cloud Operator Report and South Korea Country Report.
What energy source does Kakao — KakaoCloud AI Data Center use?: Kakao — KakaoCloud AI Data Center is powered by mixed energy and is focused on inference workloads. This is backed by 2 cited sources.