Kakao Enterprise Establishes 'Smart City Data Hub' in Jeonbuk Province

Diagnosing and Solving Urban Issues with Kakao Cloud
Collecting and Managing City Data for Data-Driven Urban Operations

Kakao Enterprise announced on June 9 that it has established a smart city data hub platform based on Kakao Cloud in Jeonbuk Special Autonomous Province.

The platform built by Kakao Enterprise in Jeonbuk Special Autonomous Province is the nation’s first cloud-native smart city data hub. It leverages artificial intelligence (AI) and data to help diagnose and solve urban issues.

Kakao Enterprise announced on the 9th that it has established a smart city data hub platform based on Kakao Cloud in Jeonbuk Special Autonomous Province. Photo by Kakao Enterprise

The smart city data hub is a platform that collects and manages data generated in the city, providing data-driven urban management and services. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Ministry of Science and ICT have been jointly conducting research and development (R&D), and since 2022, they have been promoting the ‘Smart City Data Hub Deployment Project’.

The smart city data hub platform in Jeonbuk Special Autonomous Province was built using a ‘cloud-native’ approach, which enhances the flexibility and efficiency of the cloud. Based on this cloud-native architecture, Kakao Enterprise configured three essential data hub modules (data core, API gateway, and security), one optional module for collecting urban data, and one analytics module that creates and validates AI learning models using real data. In addition, two pilot services?urban disaster prevention and safety facility management?were implemented as a priority.

Through this initiative, Jeonbuk Special Autonomous Province has established a wide-area data hub, enabling all 14 cities and counties within the province to connect to the data hub when pursuing smart city projects. The province plans to collect and utilize urban data in the data hub by leveraging the smart urban safety network that will be linked between the province and its cities and counties. Furthermore, by creating a standardized data hub environment, it is expected that data integration with other local governments will also be possible in the future.

Lee Jaehan, Head of the Cloud Business Division at Kakao Enterprise, stated, “As a leading cloud service provider (CSP) in Korea, Kakao Enterprise will adhere to the principle of prioritizing cloud-native adoption tailored to the characteristics of local governments, and will do its utmost to ensure effective and successful cloud transformation.”

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