LS Electric and GS Engineering & Construction Target 'AI Data Centers' with Collaboration on DC Power Distribution Business

Signing of MOU, Regular Technical Exchange Meetings and Development Initiatives
LS Electric to Supply Power Equipment Including Ultra-high Voltage Transformers, GIS, and Switchboards
GS Engineering & Construction to Oversee Data Center Construction

LS Electric and GS Engineering & Construction are accelerating their efforts to target the rapidly growing artificial intelligence (AI) data center market.

On August 10, LS Electric announced that it had signed a "Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Joint Response to Changes in the AI Data Center (AIDC) Business Environment" with GS Engineering & Construction at LS Yongsan Tower. Key executives from both companies, including LS Electric Chairman Ja-kyun Koo, GS Engineering & Construction CEO Yoonhong Huh, and LS Electric CEO Dae-seok Chae, attended the signing ceremony. The two companies focused on discussions regarding technological collaboration centered on direct current (DC) power distribution, which has emerged as a core trend in power infrastructure for the AI era, as well as joint response measures.

Through this MOU, the two companies agreed to cooperate on the development of next-generation DC power distribution technology aimed at improving power efficiency, and to hold regular technical exchange meetings. In addition, they will establish a cooperative system to ensure a stable supply of LS Electric’s core power equipment—including gas-insulated switchgear (GIS), switchboards, and ultra-high voltage transformers—for the AIDC projects led by GS Engineering & Construction.

LS Electric has established global technological competitiveness in the DC power distribution field. The company has commercialized key elements of the DC ecosystem, such as solid-state transformers (SST), solid-state circuit breakers (SSCB), and energy storage systems (ESS). It also operates the world’s first “DC Factory” at its Cheonan site, which implements 100% direct current power distribution.

Furthermore, LS Electric has accumulated extensive expertise and proven technological reliability in overseas markets by supplying power infrastructure solutions to major large-scale data center projects by leading U.S. big tech companies. With this latest agreement, the synergy between LS Electric’s power solutions and GS Engineering & Construction’s capabilities in data center construction is expected to be maximized in the next-generation AIDC infrastructure market.

An LS Electric representative stated, “The AI data center paradigm is rapidly shifting to DC power distribution, which minimizes power loss. By leveraging our world-class power solutions—already validated in the U.S. big tech market—and next-generation distribution technology such as SST and SSCB, we will significantly strengthen our collaboration with GS Engineering & Construction to lead the global power infrastructure market.”

A GS Engineering & Construction representative commented, “AI data centers require higher levels of power stability and efficient power operation than conventional data centers, making competitive power infrastructure a key success factor. Through this agreement, we will not only ensure the supply of core power equipment, but also jointly address the demand for next-generation power solutions and respond to global customers’ technology requirements, thereby continuously strengthening our competitiveness in the AI data center business.”

LS Electric Cheongju Smart Factory Panorama. LS Electric

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