Choi Tae-won visits Ulsan AI data center and Ulsan CLX sites: "Launching AX at full speed"

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Choi Tae-won, Chairman of SK Group, visited domestic artificial intelligence (AI) data center sites and manufacturing facilities of SK Innovation to review the implementation status of SK Group's AI transformation (AX). This comes three months after he ordered a "Daejeon-hwan centered on AX" management style, urging that "we must launch into AX across all fronts and at full speed."

According to SK on the 11th, Choi (Chairman) stated during consecutive visits to SK AI Data Center Ulsan and SK Innovation Ulsan CLX (Complex) on the 10th that "the symbols of AI infrastructure are SK AI Data Center Ulsan and SK Innovation Ulsan CLX, which implement this AI in actual production; only when these two are ultimately connected will the 'AI full-stack provider' that SK aims for be realized."

Choi (Chairman) has launched into on-site management of domestic AI transformation (AX) three months after declaring AX-centered management at the New Icheon Forum last June. Accompanying him were key member company chief executive officers (CEOs), including Jang Yong-ho, CEO of SK Innovation; Jung Jae-heon, President of SK Telecom; Yoon Byeong-seok, President of SK Gas; Kim Won-ki, President of SK Enmove; Kim Jong-hwa, CEO of SK Energy and acting Oh Sen-teu-rik (President); Kim Sung-soo, President of SK Broadband; and Kim Young-sik, President of SK Eco Plant.

SK AI Data Center Ulsan is the first project site for the 15th gigawatt (GW) scale AI infrastructure that SK Group is promoting nationwide. It is being built in partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS), targeting operation by the end of next year. The funding alone for data center construction amounts to 7 trillion won. SK plans to mobilize the group's capabilities, including SK Telecom, SK Broadband, SK Chemicals, SK Hynix, and SK AX, during the data center construction process.

During his visit to the SK AI Data Center Ulsan construction site, Choi (Chairman) urged that "as an AI infrastructure facility that will become the cornerstone of Korea's AI development, please proceed with construction with pride and prioritizing safety above all."

At the visit to SK Innovation Ulsan CLX, he encouraged them by saying, "As the heart of SK Innovation, which forms the foundation of SK Group, please continue to lead SK Group's AX innovation with your full dedication thus far."

Ulsan CLX is the core manufacturing AX site for SK Innovation, where AI is integrated into refining and chemical processes to simultaneously pursue process optimization, safety management, and energy efficiency.

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