Samsung Electronics Leases Space at Digital Realty's ICN10 Facility in Seoul
March 25, 2026
In a significant move highlighting the strategic importance of premium digital infrastructure for global technology leaders, Samsung Electronics has entered into a colocation agreement with Digital Realty. The South Korean electronics giant will host its enterprise IT workloads at Digital Realty's ICN10 data center located in Seoul's Sangam Digital Media City.
The deal underscores the growing demand from major corporations for secure, scalable, and high-performance third-party data center space, even as they maintain their own infrastructure portfolios. For Samsung, which operates its own cloud and data center unit, Samsung SDS, leveraging a specialist provider like Digital Realty offers flexibility and access to enterprise-grade facilities tailored for large-scale operations.
Digital Realty's ICN10 facility, which the company has operated since 2022, offers up to 12 megawatts of IT capacity across 132,000 square feet of floor space. The provider first announced plans for the Seoul data center in 2019, broke ground in June 2020, and initially targeted a 2021 launch. Chris Han, Head of Korea at Digital Realty, commented on the partnership, stating, "Providing enterprise-grade infrastructure at ICN10 reflects Digital Realty’s ability to support large-scale customer environments in Korea. We remain committed to delivering stable, high-performance infrastructure that meets the operational needs of global enterprises."
While the financial value of the agreement and the specific capacity leased by Samsung were not disclosed, the partnership marks a key tenant win for Digital Realty in a competitive Asian market. The company is also expanding its footprint in South Korea, having announced plans in 2021 for a second, larger facility known as Digital Seoul 2 (ICN11). That project, designed for 64MW of capacity across nearly 1 million square feet, was slated to come online by the first half of 2023 but is not currently listed on the company's website.
The collaboration between Samsung and Digital Realty signals a broader industry trend where hyperscalers and large enterprises increasingly blend owned infrastructure with strategic colocation to optimize their global IT deployments, ensure resilience, and rapidly scale to meet evolving demands in areas like artificial intelligence and advanced analytics.
Source: datacenterdynamics
