UID Collaborates with Global Topnet on New Materials for AI Data Centers to Target Next-Generation ESS Market

UID is partnering with Global Topnet to develop integrated solutions targeting the artificial intelligence (AI) data center and next-generation energy storage system (ESS) markets. The two companies plan to combine next-generation materials for cooling and fire suppression with materials and process technologies to simultaneously enhance power efficiency and fire safety in data centers.

UID, a company listed on KOSDAQ, announced on July 22 that it has signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Global Topnet to co-develop high-performance computing (HPC) and next-generation ESS material technologies.

The core of this agreement is to commercialize an all-in-one integrated solution for AI data centers by combining Global Topnet’s fluorinated ketone-based cooling and fire suppression material technology—secured through research and development projects backed by the Ministry of Science and ICT—with UID’s materials and process technology and battery enclosure (container) technology.

The cooling and fire suppression technology owned by Global Topnet is a non-conductive, waterless system. In the event of a fire, it can minimize secondary damage to electronic circuits or batteries while quickly suppressing the ignition point. The company explained that synergy is expected from integrating UID's materials and process technology and its tailored container manufacturing capabilities.

With the spread of generative AI, power consumption at data centers is rapidly increasing, which in turn is driving greater demand for heat management and fire prevention technologies for servers and batteries. The recent fire at a Coupang logistics center has also highlighted the importance of prompt fire suppression capabilities in large-scale infrastructure, providing further context for this collaboration.

Industry experts believe that the combined technologies of the two companies could be a solution for enhancing both energy efficiency and fire safety in AI data centers.

A UID representative stated, “By combining UID’s customized container system with Global Topnet’s new material-based cooling technology, we can comprehensively manage the heat generated by servers and batteries. We plan to build an integrated platform that improves power usage effectiveness (PUE) while also blocking fire risks at an early stage.”

With this partnership, the two companies plan to develop and establish mass production systems for an ‘all-in-one modular data center’ that integrates Global Topnet’s new material-based high-performance server racks with UID’s customized container system.

In addition, the companies intend to expand their business areas to include specialized infrastructure markets such as peak-reduction edge data centers for domestic and international industrial complexes, as well as autonomous ships and marine data centers, which require high levels of safety.

UID explained that through this collaboration, it is transitioning its business structure from a focus on displays to environmentally friendly vehicle materials via mergers and acquisitions, and to high-efficiency ESS infrastructure projects.

The company representative added, “Our strategic cooperation with Global Topnet will help UID’s manufacturing technology become a core standard for next-generation AI data center infrastructure. Based on the synergy between the two companies, we aim to enhance shareholder value and drive a revaluation of the company.”

This partnership is seen as the first step for UID in expanding its growth base by entering the integrated infrastructure solution business, which combines cooling and fire suppression materials with manufacturing technology for the AI data center and next-generation ESS markets.

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