Digital Edge Acquires Land in Ansan, South Korea, for 60MW Hyperscale Data Center
June 8, 2026
Digital Edge Acquires Land in Ansan, South Korea, for 60MW Hyperscale Data Center
Asia-Pacific data center operator Digital Edge has expanded its presence in the Seoul metropolitan area with the acquisition of a fully powered land parcel in Ansan, South Korea, for the development of a 60MW hyperscale facility. The transaction, supported by a 90MVA power agreement, underscores the company’s strategic push into one of Asia’s most constrained and high-demand digital infrastructure markets.
Digital Edge plans to develop the facility, designated SEL5, on the newly acquired site in Ansan, a city located southwest of Seoul. While the company did not disclose specific timelines for construction, it revealed that the site will feature a dual-feed power architecture supported by two independent 154kV substations. The data center is designed to support high-density workloads via liquid cooling and will include a chiller plant with integrated free cooling, positioning it for next-generation AI and cloud deployments.
“South Korea continues to be one of the most strategically important digital infrastructure markets in Asia, driven by accelerating cloud adoption and rapidly growing AI demand,” said John Freeman, CEO of Digital Edge. “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. This investment further demonstrates Digital Edge’s ability to secure strategic infrastructure positions, execute complex transactions, and deliver capacity at scale across Asia-Pacific as customer demand for AI and cloud infrastructure continues to accelerate.”
Digital Edge entered the South Korean market in 2021 through the acquisition of Sejong Telecom’s data center assets, including the 4.8MW SEL1 in Seoul and the 14MW PUS1 in Busan. The company launched its first self-built facility in the country, the 36MW SEL2, in October 2024 in Bupyeong-gu, Incheon. That campus is expected to offer 100MW at full build-out across two buildings. A third facility, the 60MW SEL3, is slated to go live next year. With SEL5, Digital Edge now has a pipeline of more than 1.1GW of IT power across Japan, Korea, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines, across approximately 25 data centers in operation or under construction.
The acquisition of the Ansan site reflects broader trends in the Asia-Pacific data center market, where hyperscale demand is outpacing available power and land in key urban hubs. By securing a fully powered site with dual substation connectivity, Digital Edge is positioning itself to serve large-scale cloud and AI customers who require both high power density and operational resilience. The move also highlights the growing importance of secondary markets around Seoul, such as Ansan and Incheon, where land and power are more accessible than in the city center, as operators race to meet rising demand from hyperscale tenants.
Source: datacenterdynamics
