CoreWeave Expands Data Center Presence in Korea

CoreWeave is expanding its data center presence in Korea, collaborating with local data center operators and exploring the AI inference market. The company has been rapidly expanding its AI infrastructure business in the Asia region, with recent announcements including a 360-megawatt data center in Indonesia and a 240-megawatt AI data center in India. In Korea, CoreWeave has established a presence at the ‘AI Festival 26’ event in Seoul, showcasing its brand and business strategy.

CoreWeave is a US-based company that provides computing resources for AI training and inference using NVIDIA GPUs. Unlike traditional hyperscalers, CoreWeave specializes in providing infrastructure for large-scale AI workloads.

Kim Hyun-seok, CoreWeave’s Korea and Southeast Asia general manager, said that the company is seeing significant demand for its GPU infrastructure and AI inference services in Korea, with many companies requesting thousands to tens of thousands of GPUs.