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평촌메가센터 · 평촌 메가센터 · LG U+ Pyeong-chon Mega Center
LG Uplus operates this commercial data-center site in Anyang, comprising two data-center buildings and one office building. First-stage service opened in August 2015. The operator reports 165 MW maximum electricity receiving capacity; this is not a disclosed IT load. Pyeongchon 2 is a separate facility at a different address.
Statements retain their dates, definitions and development scope. Do not add these rows together.
| Claim / measurement | Scope and status | As of | Evidence and accounting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 165 MW Grid connection | Pyeongchon Mega Center site; maximum electricity receiving capacity Operational · cumulative | 2026-10-07 | Reported claim ↗ Excluded from capacity totals. As-of is retrieval date of undated operator listing, not commissioning date. Operator defines receiving capacity as maximum power available from KEPCO. Does not establish actual draw or IT load; internal phase allocation unknown. |
| 165 MW Grid connection | Pyeongchon IDC development Under Construction · cumulative | 2014-04-24 | Reported claim ↗ Excluded from capacity totals. As-of is announcement publication date. Described as power supply capacity during development; overlaps the current site receiving-capacity figure and must not be added. |
| 165 MW Unspecified power | Both internal phases of Pyeongchon Mega Center once delivered Planned · cumulative | 2015-06-01 | Conflicting claim ↗ Excluded from capacity totals. As-of is article publication date. Industry wording describes designed total consumption, whereas the operator identifies receiving capacity. Retained as a conflicting interpretation, not an independent IT-load figure. |
LG Uplus selected the name for the developing IDC; opening was then planned for July 2015.
Supporting source ↗July 2015 opening target reported in the 2014 development announcement; later actual first-stage opening is separately documented.
Supporting source ↗Completion date retrospectively reported by LG; does not independently establish completion of every internal future phase.
Supporting source ↗LG reports first-stage opening and subsequent customer move-ins.
Supporting source ↗Operator announced DNV business-continuity certification for Pyeongchon Mega Center.
Supporting source ↗Month of certification retrospectively reported in January 2024 operator release.
Supporting source ↗Operator announced a Ministry of the Interior and Safety commendation.
Supporting source ↗Current operator listing; older materials round to 85,548 m² or give 85,547 m².
Source ↗2014 development disclosure; 2024 reporting gives approximately 17,282 m². Not independently reconciled against cadastral records.
Source ↗Site-level configuration; internal phases are not equated with the separate Pyeongchon 2 facility.
Source ↗Undated operator brochure; phased development scope and currently fitted-out area unresolved.
Source ↗Operator facility page; older brochure and opening-era material describe 10 kW. Different service/design claims are not reconciled.
Source ↗Brochure claims outside-air cooling for more than seven months; current measured cooling performance unknown.
Source ↗Undated brochure marketing claim; not established as current measured annual PUE.
Source ↗Operator explicitly describes design certification; no operational sustainability certification inferred.
Source ↗DNV certification announcement dated November 27, 2023; current certificate validity not checked.
Source ↗Business customer hotline printed in operator brochure; current routing not verified.
Source ↗Source attribution does not imply independent verification or permission to reuse images.
Published Date unavailable · Retrieved 2026-10-07
Lists Pyeongchon Mega Center at Gwanyang-dong 1743-1 and Simin-daero 327beon-gil 29. Defines receiving capacity as maximum power receivable from KEPCO and lists 165,000 kW. Provides building configuration, area and infrastructure specifications.
Published Date unavailable · Retrieved 2026-10-07
Current operator page describes directly built and operated centers. Separately lists Pyeongchon Mega at Gwanyang-dong 1743-1, 85,547.11 square meters, and Pyeongchon 2 at Beolmal-ro 113. Offers colocation and other IDC services.
Published 2015-09-16 · Retrieved 2026-10-07
Reports construction completion on July 26, 2015 and first-stage opening on August 1, 2015, with customers moving in. Describes outside-air cooling and high-density services.
Published Date unavailable · Retrieved 2026-10-07
English operator brochure identifies the site in Anyang and describes colocation, phased modular buildings, seven above-ground and three basement levels, 27,770 square meters white space, free cooling and a PUE 1.4 claim. Opening shown as 2015.7 is a brochure milestone, not confirmed actual opening.
Published 2023-11-27 · Retrieved 2026-10-07
Dated operator announcement reports DNV ISO 22301 business-continuity certification for Pyeongchon Mega Center and identifies it as an operating IDC. Accessible text contains no 165 MW claim.
Published 2023-10-26 · Retrieved 2026-10-07
Describes Pyeongchon 2 as a newly completed second large IDC following Pyeongchon Mega Center opened in 2015; establishes separate facility identity.
Published 2024-01-29 · Retrieved 2026-10-07
Operator reports Pyeongchon Mega Center disaster-reduction commendation and December 2023 certification. Caption identifies an exterior property view.
Published 2024-05-01 · Retrieved 2026-10-07
Reports LG Uplus describing Pyeongchon Mega as an existing hyperscale commercial IDC; gives approximately 17,282 square meters site area.
Published 2015-06-01 · Retrieved 2026-10-07
Industry report describes two planned phases and commercial services; calls 165 MW total designed power consumption. This wording differs from the operator's explicit receiving-capacity definition.
Published 2014-04-24 · Retrieved 2026-10-07
LG announcement locates the project in Korea and reports 165 MW power supply capacity during development, with opening then planned for July 2015.
Published 2014-11-04 · Retrieved 2026-10-07
Reports naming announcement, 17,281 square meters land area and 85,548 square meters gross floor area. Image caption explicitly identifies a rendering.
Name: IDC - 빠르고 안정적인 전국 16개 데이터센터 | LG U+; LG U+ Pyeong-chon Mega Center — operator brochure
Aliases: IDC - 빠르고 안정적인 전국 16개 데이터센터 | LG U+; LG유플러스, BDBEBC 회장, 아시아 최대 규모 IDC '평촌 메가센터' 방문; LG U+ Pyeong-chon Mega Center — operator brochure
Kind: IDC - 빠르고 안정적인 전국 16개 데이터센터 | LG U+; LG U+ Pyeong-chon Mega Center — operator brochure
Country: LG Uplus Well on its Way to Establish Asia’s Largest Global Internet Center (IDC)
Region: IDC - 빠르고 안정적인 전국 16개 데이터센터 | LG U+; AI 인프라 최적화된 데이터센터 서비스 | LG U+
City: IDC - 빠르고 안정적인 전국 16개 데이터센터 | LG U+; AI 인프라 최적화된 데이터센터 서비스 | LG U+
Address: IDC - 빠르고 안정적인 전국 16개 데이터센터 | LG U+; AI 인프라 최적화된 데이터센터 서비스 | LG U+
Operator: AI 인프라 최적화된 데이터센터 서비스 | LG U+; LG유플러스 인터넷데이터센터(IDC), 재난·재해 상황 안정적 고객서비스 제공 역량 인증
Business Model: LG U+ Pyeong-chon Mega Center — operator brochure; LG's mega data center to open in Korea in July
Scale: LGU+, '축구장 9배' 파주IDC 구축… AI 수요 대응
Statuses: AI 인프라 최적화된 데이터센터 서비스 | LG U+; LG유플러스 인터넷데이터센터(IDC), 재난·재해 상황 안정적 고객서비스 제공 역량 인증; LG U⁺ 데이터센터, 재해경감 우수성 인정받아 행안부 장관 표창 수상
Summary: IDC - 빠르고 안정적인 전국 16개 데이터센터 | LG U+; AI 인프라 최적화된 데이터센터 서비스 | LG U+; LG유플러스, BDBEBC 회장, 아시아 최대 규모 IDC '평촌 메가센터' 방문; LG유플러스, 품질∙환경 다 잡은 ESG IDC ‘평촌2센터’ 준공
Location: IDC - 빠르고 안정적인 전국 16개 데이터센터 | LG U+; AI 인프라 최적화된 데이터센터 서비스 | LG U+
Stable identifier: d499065d-19c5-4ca1-b549-06d5c663f385