KT Cloud said on the 10th that it has begun expansion work on the Yeouido Data Center (hereafter Yeouido DC), a finance-specialized data center, and will push to build next-generation financial infrastructure. The project aims for completion in June 2027. The company will secure additional capacity equivalent to two floors.
The expansion is a strategic investment to meet rising infrastructure demand driven by changes in the financial market structure and increased global investment. KT Cloud said it plans to foster Yeouido DC as a financial infrastructure hub that consolidates financial institutions, exchanges, and global cloud.
Korea's financial market is changing rapidly with the spread of a multi-transaction market system and an increase in digital transactions. Accordingly, financial institutions are demanding advanced IT infrastructure that can consolidate multiple transaction markets simultaneously and process large-scale data in real time. In addition, as global investors expand participation in the domestic market and other changes reshape the market environment, demand is also growing for infrastructure that supports ultra-low latency transaction environments and stable financial service operations.
Yeouido DC is a finance-specialized data center located near major financial institutions and the Korea Exchange (KRX), the center of the domestic capital market. With physical proximity to the exchange, it has locational strengths that are favorable for implementing an ultra-low latency transaction environment. In particular, because core financial tasks such as real-time transactions, market data processing, and risk management are sensitive to latency, a data center's location and consolidation have a significant impact on the quality and competitiveness of financial services.
Kim Bong-gyun, CEO of KT Cloud, said, "With structural changes in the financial market, the importance of financial infrastructure that supports ultra-low latency transaction environments and stable consolidation is growing even more," and added, "We will develop Yeouido DC into Korea's leading financial infrastructure hub and actively support financial institutions' digital innovation and linkage with global markets."