South Korea plans to build a large data center that will be constructed and operated by artificial intelligence.

In South Korea, a $35 billion construction project may become the world's first large-scale data center designed, built, and operated by artificial intelligence. The investment group behind the project, Stock Farm Road, has partnered with AI developer Voltai, supported by Stanford University, to make AI the designer, manager, and operator of the Korean data center. The two companies say that this will mark the first time AI has been integrated into the entire system of a data center. According to the collaboration, known as the "Concord project," AI will be responsible for the design, construction, and operation of the data center, from efficiently managing the use of resources such as electricity and water, to quickly adapting to different AI computing workloads. The companies state that humans will be involved, but only as supervisors, with AI playing the role of decision-maker. The data center is being built in South Jeolla Province, South Korea. Stock Farm Road is an investment group co-founded by Brian Koo, the grandson of the founder of the South Korean conglomerate LG, and Amjad Bader-Din, the founder and CEO of BADR Investments, based in London and Jordan. If built as envisioned by the supporters of the data center, the facility is expected to cost up to $35 billion and have an electricity capacity of 3 gigawatts. Globally, it is rare for a single site to have available electricity exceeding 1 gigawatt, which determines how many AI computing chips can be installed. The facility was announced earlier this year and is scheduled to be completed by 2028.