Digital Edge has acquired a fully powered land parcel in Ansan, South Korea, to develop a new hyperscale data center designed to support growing AI and cloud computing demand.

The facility, named SEL5, will deliver 60 MW of capacity and is backed by a 90 MVA power agreement secured early in the project. The agreement is among the largest in the Ansan region and addresses one of the most significant challenges in South Korea’s data center market access to large-scale power.

SEL5 will feature a dual-feed power architecture connected to two independent 154 kV substations, providing enhanced resilience and supporting 99.999% availability for mission-critical workloads.

Designed for next-generation AI deployments, the data center will support ultra-high-density computing and advanced liquid-cooling technologies. Its cooling system, which incorporates integrated free-cooling capabilities, is expected to achieve an annualized Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of less than 1.25.

“South Korea continues to be one of the most strategically important digital infrastructure markets in Asia, driven by accelerating cloud adoption and rapidly growing AI demand,” said John Freeman. “With SEL5, we have secured large-scale power in a highly constrained market and paired it with a resilient, scalable site capable of supporting next-generation hyperscale deployments.”

Located within Ansan’s Sihwa National Industrial Complex, the site offers low-latency connectivity to Seoul and sits within a growing hub for digital infrastructure and AI-related development.