Kakao Builds GPU Infrastructure for South Korea AI Program

Seoul, South Korea - Kakao Corp announced on Monday it has installed 255 nodes with 2,040 graphics processing units at a data center facility in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, as part of a government computing infrastructure program.

The installation accounts for 84 percent of the company’s allocation under a Ministry of Science and ICT GPU procurement program, Kakao said.

The company previously stated it would complete 64 nodes by the end of the year.

Kakao was selected in August to operate 2,424 Nvidia B200 GPUs over five years under the government program, which provides computing resources to domestic entities for artificial intelligence research and development.

The company installed the equipment at its Ansan data center facility. A hot aisle containment system was implemented for thermal management.

The company coordinated with suppliers on equipment delivery and technical verification schedules.

The infrastructure includes Kakao Cloud access through the National AI Computing Resource Support Portal.

Kubeflow, a machine learning workflow platform, is available for model development, training, and deployment, according to the company.

Network and performance testing is underway on the installed nodes.

Services will begin January 2 for projects selected by the Ministry of Science and ICT and the National IT Industry Promotion Agency.

Kim Se-woong, AI Synergy Performance Leader at Kakao, stated the company would provide computing resources to the domestic artificial intelligence sector through its data centers and cloud operations.