Empyrion Digital has successfully integrated Nortek Data Centre Cooling’s StatePoint Liquid Cooling Technology at its KR1 Gangnam Data Centre in Seoul. This move marks a significant step in the company’s commitment to sustainable digital infrastructure, enhancing energy and water efficiency for AI and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads.
The StatePoint system, a hybrid liquid cooling technology, offers improved thermal performance and affordability. It utilises a liquid-to-air energy exchanger with membrane-based evaporative cooling, significantly reducing mechanical cooling and water consumption. This innovation ensures the Gangnam Data Centre achieves optimal Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) and Water Usage Effectiveness (WUE), setting new efficiency benchmarks in South Korea.
Yongsuk Choi, Chief Strategy Officer of Empyrion Digital, stated, “Our collaboration with Nortek DCC signals the beginning of a long-term commitment to delivering AI-ready and green by design data centres.” The facility, spanning 30,714 square metres, is the first new data centre in Seoul’s Gangnam district in over a decade, designed to support energy-intensive AI applications with a 29.4 MW IT load.
Karin Overstreet, CEO of Nortek DCC, expressed pride in the partnership, highlighting the project’s potential to elevate data centre sustainability and performance in South Korea. The KR1 GDC is Empyrion’s second data centre project, following SG1 Dodid, and became operational in August 2025.
Empyrion Digital, headquartered in Singapore, is a portfolio company of Seraya Partners, focusing on sustainable and scalable data centres across Asia.
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