Digital Edge has announced the acquisition of a fully powered land parcel in Ansan, South Korea, to develop SEL5, a 60 MW hyperscale data centre. This move is supported by a 90 MVA power agreement, one of the largest in Ansan, addressing the region’s power supply constraints. The site will feature a dual-feed power architecture with two independent 154 kV substations, ensuring high grid resilience and 99.999% availability for AI and cloud workloads.
The SEL5 facility is designed to support ultra-high-density workloads and advanced liquid cooling technologies. Its cooling architecture, including a chiller plant with integrated free cooling, aims to achieve a market-leading annualised Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) below 1.25. John Freeman, CEO of Digital Edge, stated, “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.”
South Korea remains a key digital infrastructure market in Asia, driven by increasing cloud adoption and AI demand. The SEL5 site benefits from strong infrastructure fundamentals, including low-latency access to central Seoul, and is located within Ansan’s Sihwa National Industrial Complex, a hub for digital infrastructure and AI ecosystems.
This acquisition expands Digital Edge’s footprint in South Korea to five data centres across Seoul, Incheon, Ansan, and Busan. Headquartered in Singapore, Digital Edge, backed by Stonepeak, continues to empower businesses across Asia Pacific with sustainable and reliable digital infrastructure.
