Park Seongha, CEO of SK C&C, "We will focus all capabilities to prevent recurrence of the accident"

Sungha Park, CEO of SK C&C

[Asia Economy Reporter Seungjin Lee] SK Inc. C&C, which completed power supply to the Pangyo data center, has promised to prevent recurrence of the accident.

Park Seong-ha, CEO of SK C&C, announced on the 19th, "We have completed 100% power restoration at the Pangyo data center."

He stated, "Through repeated overnight work following the fire, we completed the restoration of a stable power supply system by opening the power cable at 5 a.m. today (19th). We once again apologize to the public who experienced inconvenience due to the fire, and we will do our best to closely support the power supply situation to prevent any further inconvenience," emphasizing his commitment.

Furthermore, CEO Park added, "We will focus all our capabilities to ensure that similar accidents do not recur in the future."

On the 16th, fire and police officials are waiting for the first inspection at the SK Corporation C&C Data Center fire site in Sampyeong-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi Province. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

Meanwhile, Kakao, which had about 32,000 servers at the Pangyo data center and experienced service disruptions due to the fire on the 15th, is likely to complete recovery of several services as early as today.

According to Kakao, as of this morning, approximately 31,000 servers, accounting for 97% of the 32,000 servers, have been restored. Accordingly, for the Talk Channel, the ability to send advertising messages is expected to be restored from 3 p.m. today, and Kakao Pay's main financial transaction functions, including remittance confirmation, transaction confirmation, and 1:1 mail, have been normalized.

Additionally, Kakao will hold a press conference at around 11 a.m. today at Kakao Pangyo Ajit in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, regarding the disruptions caused by the data center fire. At the press conference, co-CEOs Namgung Hoon and Hong Eun-taek will issue a public apology and announce future plans for the emergency response committee activities.

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