Hyundai Construction Builds Data Center Next to Urban Railway Despite Challenging Conditions

Hyundai Construction Successfully Completes
Casequare Data Center Gasan Project
in Urban Railway-Adjacent Location

On July 24, Hyundai Construction announced that it has completed the Casequare Data Center Gasan in Gasan-dong, Geumcheon-gu, Seoul.

The building consists of three basement floors and eleven above-ground floors. Koramco Asset Management invested in the project, with construction beginning in July 2022. With a total floor area of 41,214 square meters, the new building is flanked by existing structures on both sides, and one side is bordered by a railway. Data centers are considered essential infrastructure, with demand rapidly increasing due to the rise of advanced industries such as artificial intelligence (AI). Despite the many challenges posed by the "urban location next to a railway," Hyundai Construction successfully completed the building. Typically, data centers are located in quiet, outlying areas.

Casequare Data Center Gasan exterior view. Photo by Hyundai Construction

The data center is densely equipped with ultra-precise facilities and heavy equipment to ensure a stable power supply. The highest standards are required for structural safety and seismic design. The company implemented a reinforced concrete structure with strong vibration reduction capabilities, as the site is adjacent to the Gyeongbu Line railway, and adopted an earthquake-resistant system using slurry walls for the underground structure. To overcome spatial constraints, Hyundai Construction installed horizontal struts to support the retaining walls and applied the Simultaneous Top-Down (STD) method, which allows for simultaneous excavation of the basement and construction of both above-ground and underground frameworks. Technologies to improve energy efficiency, such as high-efficiency cooling systems, real-time energy monitoring, and natural cooling pre-cooling technology, were also utilized.

Hyundai Construction anticipates that data centers will become key infrastructure in the future and has refined a wide range of construction techniques. By participating from the project planning and design stages, the company applies Pre-Construction Services (PCS), which offer tailored construction strategies that reflect client requirements and the unique characteristics of data centers, providing comprehensive solutions that cover construction periods, costs, and mechanical, electrical, and power distribution (MEP) systems.

Since building the Financial Settlement Service Center in Bundang in 2004, Hyundai Construction has constructed data centers for major financial institutions and IT companies. It has the highest number of data center construction projects among domestic builders. A company official stated, "In the future, we will focus on supplying customized data centers based on key energy sources in each region and introducing a power supply system based on Small Modular Reactors (SMR), thereby striving to establish a sustainable energy infrastructure."

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