Digital infrastructure player Empyrion Digital upped the ante on a freshly opened data centre in South Korea, tapping Nokia to deploy gateway and aggregation switches it expects to boost its provision of services to hyperscale companies and enterprise customers.

Nokia is to deliver a set-up comprising its 7250 Interconnect Router, core network switches and 7210 Service Access System at the KR1 Gangnam Data Centre (KR1 GDC).

Yongsuk Choi, CSO of product and infrastructure at Empyrion Digital, highlighted the strength of Nokia’s IP and local supply chain among the reasons it selected the vendor.

He said Nokia is likely to be a go-to for other data centres it plans for the Asia Pacific region.

KR1 GDC opened in Seoul’s Gangnam technology and innovation district last month, the second operational data centre in Empyrion Digital’s growing lineup in the region.

The facility spans 30,714 square metres and offers a 29.4MW IT load which Empyrion Digital believes leaves it ideally placed to meet heavy demand for data centre capacity in Seoul, at a time when South Korea’s AI ambitions are increasing.

KR1 GDC employs advanced cooling technologies, green by design principles, and is designed to maximise energy and water usage efficiencies.

Empyrion Digital is on a march in Asia-Pacific: in 2024, it struck data centre deals covering Japan, Taiwan and Thailand, adding to an operational site it acquired in Singapore in 2021.