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South Korea’s data center market needs $13.6 billion in investment by 2030, Cushman & Wakefield says

From Chosun Ilbo · () Korean

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  • Cushman & Wakefield projected that South Korea will need about $13.6 billion in data center investment by 2030 as AI and cloud services expand.
  • The firm said annual rental revenue from domestic colocation data centers could reach about $4.1 billion by 2030.

South Korea’s data center market will require about $13.6 billion, or roughly 20 trillion won, in investment by 2030, according to Cushman & Wakefield.

The global real estate consultancy made the projection in its 2026 Asia-Pacific Data Centre Investment Outlook, released on Sept. 4. It attributed the expected demand to the expansion of artificial intelligence and cloud services.

Annual rental revenue from South Korea’s colocation data centers is projected to reach about $4.1 billion by 2030.

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Originally published by Chosun Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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