SK Broadband has launched into reorganizing its devoted group to strengthen its synthetic intelligence (AI) infrastructure enterprise. Particularly, the top of AI enterprise at father or mother firm SK Telecom will instantly lead the brand new group, searching for to maximise synergy between the 2 corporations within the infrastructure sector.
Based on the knowledge expertise (IT) trade on Dec. 22, SK Broadband not too long ago launched its Information Middle (DC) Headquarters by means of organizational restructuring and government appointments. The DC Headquarters is a reorganization of the devoted group AIDC Enterprise Unit that SK Broadband established a 12 months in the past to increase its AI knowledge heart enterprise. It contains 4 sub-organizations by sector—enterprise operations, buyer operations, expertise operations, and resolution operations—overlaying the whole lot from knowledge heart development to operation.
Chung Seok-geun, head of SK Telecom’s AI Firm-in-Firm (CIC), was appointed as DC Headquarters director. CIC head Chung is the corporate’s AI enterprise chief, who joined SK Telecom in 2023 after working at Naver. He leads the AI CIC, a complete group that SK Telecom established final month to speed up AI enterprise development by means of versatile and fast decision-making. By moreover taking cost of the subsidiary’s knowledge heart enterprise, company-wide AI technique implementation centered round him has develop into attainable.
Notably for SK Broadband, knowledge heart enterprise management has been considerably strengthened. The predecessor of the DC Headquarters, SK Broadband’s AIDC Enterprise Unit, was led by Ha Min-yong, head of SK Telecom’s AIDC Enterprise Unit. On condition that SK Telecom at present maintains an organizational construction with CIC head Chung (president) overseeing Ha’s AIDC Enterprise Unit (vp) beneath the AI CIC, the SK Broadband DC Headquarters director place has additionally been elevated one degree from its earlier standing.
SK Telecom and SK Broadband have chosen knowledge facilities as their predominant enterprise amongst AI new ventures and are strengthening their “T-B synergy” technique of shut cooperation. SK Telecom launched the built-in business-to-business (B2B) group T-B Enterprise Enterprise Unit on the finish of 2023 and has been increasing and reorganizing the AI knowledge heart group beneath it all through final 12 months and this 12 months. In Could this 12 months, it acquired greater than 99% possession by means of further share purchases, making SK Broadband a wholly-owned subsidiary.
SK Broadband has additionally remodeled into the group’s devoted knowledge heart affiliate working a complete of 9 amenities, buying SK AX’s Pangyo knowledge heart in September amid the disaster of declining pay-TV, its predominant enterprise. Leveraging present infrastructure enterprise experience, it handles sensible development and operation for initiatives such because the Ulsan AI knowledge heart challenge that SK Telecom is pursuing. The information heart enterprise has begun displaying synergy outcomes, with consolidated income of 149.8 billion received within the third quarter this 12 months, rising 54% in a single 12 months. The corporate plans to determine new knowledge facilities in Gasan, Ulsan, and Guro, increasing capability to 300MW (megawatts) by 2030, greater than double this 12 months’s scale.
Opponents have additionally introduced AI-related organizational restructuring. KT plans to conduct organizational restructuring and government appointments coinciding with the official inauguration of CEO candidate Park Yoon-young in March subsequent 12 months. LG Uplus additionally promoted Kwon Yong-hyun, head of the enterprise division overseeing B2B companies together with AI knowledge facilities, from government managing director to senior vp final month.
