SEOUL, September 04 (AJP) - LG Electronics said Thursday it had secured a major contract to provide cooling solutions for a large artificial intelligence data center in the United States.
Jo Joo-wan, the company’s chief executive, announced the win on LinkedIn, saying LG would supply chillers with advanced “free-cooling” capabilities. He didn't mention the value of the contract.
“This demonstrates both our technological competitiveness and our ability to meet the demanding requirements of global AI infrastructure,” he wrote.
The contract calls for LG to provide high-efficiency cooling systems tailored to the energy-intensive needs of data centers. Such facilities, which power the computing demands of generative AI, require vast amounts of electricity and are under increasing pressure to operate more sustainably.
Demand is expected to surge. According to McKinsey & Company, global data center capacity could nearly triple by 2030 to 171 gigawatts, growing at an annual rate of 22 percent. In the United States alone, an additional 15 gigawatts of capacity will be needed, driven largely by artificial intelligence applications.
LG has sought to position itself as a supplier of critical infrastructure for the AI era, expanding beyond consumer electronics into industrial technologies. Alongside data center cooling, the company is investing in equipment for semiconductor manufacturing, another area where the boom in AI is driving new demand.
“The rapid rise of AI is accelerating demand across its critical infrastructure — particularly in data centers and semiconductor equipment,” Jo said. “At LG Electronics, we are capturing new opportunities in two of these foundational areas.”
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