KT Builds Smart Power Control System for Uzbekistan Electricity Network

[Asia Economy Reporter Koo Chae-eun] KT announced on the 23rd that it has completed the construction of a central power control data center in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, which manages the electricity usage of 8 million households nationwide, and held an opening ceremony on the 20th.

This data center construction was promoted as part of an intelligent electricity metering project controlling the entire electricity usage of Uzbekistan. KT was responsible for building the 'centralized smart meter management platform' and the 'nationwide integrated data center' in this project. This data center can accommodate data from 8 million smart meters to be installed across 14 provinces in Uzbekistan by next year.

In Uzbekistan, manual electricity usage metering by meter readers visiting each household had caused inaccurate metering and billing, and it was difficult to identify real-time power losses from aging power infrastructure, leading to waste of national resources.

However, with the construction of the KT CAS platform and the nationwide integrated data center in the power sector, the Uzbekistan power company can now monitor the electricity usage, transmission, and distribution of 8 million customers nationwide in real time, remotely control power supply based on customers' payment status, and promptly respond to power loss sections.

Additionally, through AI big data analysis of metering data collected by the KT CAS platform, differential electricity rates can be applied according to usage time, dispersing electricity consumption during peak times. Customers can also check their electricity usage status and bills in real time via an online site. Uzbekistan is expected to enable effective national integrated power operation management through connection of various types of smart meters and linkage with existing billing systems.

KT plans to support data center operations for the next two years and transfer capabilities related to smart energy infrastructure operation and maintenance to Uzbekistan. The Uzbekistan power company plans to achieve national power management innovation based on the advanced smart energy infrastructure operation experience and real-time power analysis capabilities acquired from KT. Park Yoon-young, President of KT Enterprise Division, said, “KT is promoting smart energy projects in Uzbekistan to globally expand the AI integrated energy management platform KT-MEG,” and added, “Based on the success of this project, KT plans to expand smart energy business into Central Asia.”

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