S Energy Enters Asian Data Center Market with Government Green Fund Partnership... Secures 5-Year O&M Contract

S Energy (095910) is entering the Asian data center market by participating in overseas projects linked to a government policy fund. The company’s strategy is to build a structure that secures long-term operational profits in overseas business by combining its solar EPC and power asset operations and maintenance (O&M) expertise with its proprietary platform.

S Energy announced its participation in a project led by a Singapore-headquartered company specializing in AI-oriented data center development, in collaboration with the Green Infrastructure Overseas Export Support Fund No. 2, established by the Ministry of Climate, Energy, and Environment. To this end, the company also established a new entity, S-Nexus APAC Limited, in Hong Kong.

A total of USD 22.1 million will be invested in this project. This consists of USD 20.8 million provided by the fund and USD 1.3 million of S Energy’s own capital, amounting to approximately KRW 3.15 billion.

The Green Infrastructure Overseas Export Support Fund No. 2 is a policy fund jointly launched by the government and the private sector. The fund was created with KRW 150 billion in government capital and KRW 109.2 billion from private sources, totaling KRW 259.2 billion. It is managed by Korea Overseas Infrastructure & Urban Development Corporation (KIND), and co-operated by Woori Private Equity Asset Management and IMM Investment.

S Energy highlights the significance of not only investing in overseas projects but also securing actual operational business rights.

The company has signed an ESG-based O&M service contract related to the project developer’s portfolio in the Asian market. The contract period is five years, and the average annual contract value is about KRW 3 billion.

Accordingly, S Energy is now able to both secure investment opportunities through project participation and establish an operational management business platform capable of generating repeated long-term revenue.

Notably, the company is also expanding its capabilities accumulated in the solar business to overseas infrastructure projects tied to data centers. Based on experience in solar EPC and power asset O&M, S Energy is broadening its business scope in the global infrastructure market.

By integrating its proprietary management platform GFOS, the company is transforming its business model from simple construction work to one that offers long-term management services.

An S Energy representative stated, "By combining our capabilities in solar EPC and power asset O&M with our proprietary management platform GFOS, we are transitioning from a construction-focused structure to an overseas long-term operational profit model."

S Energy plans to expand its business into the long-term overseas operation sector by participating in a KRW 31.5 billion Asian data center project partnered with the government green fund, while also securing an ESG O&M contract worth an average of KRW 3 billion annually for five years.

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