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WE LOOK FORWARD TO HELPING KOREAN COMPANIES TAKE A LEADING POSITION IN THE GLOBAL AI MARKET . cluster and by configuring all connections between GPUs , which have the greatest impact on AI learning performance .
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Gcore Korea opens the first H100-based data center

Korean AI firms leverage ultra-high-performance AI computing resources with edge cloud provided by Gcore – set to transform the rapidly growing Korean AI market .

Gcore has announced the launch of its first AI public cloud service in Korea – powered by NVIDIA ’ s H100 .

The Gcore data center will be equipped with 40 NVIDIA H100 servers , which are recognized as the most effective GPUs available for AI training – that ’ s 320 GPUs .
Until now , Korean AI companies have faced significant challenges in acquiring highperformance GPUs , which are essential for developing and training AI models .
Now , Korean AI specialists no longer must wait weeks to acquire large-scale GPUs or utilize resources in other countries but can easily access ultra-high-performance AI computing resources through Gcore ’ s edge cloud .
Gcore ’ s H100-based AI public cloud service , which is the first of its kind in Korea , is to provide powerful computing power by organizing servers equipped with eight SMX5-type H100 GPUs into a large-scale

WE LOOK FORWARD TO HELPING KOREAN COMPANIES TAKE A LEADING POSITION IN THE GLOBAL AI MARKET . cluster and by configuring all connections between GPUs , which have the greatest impact on AI learning performance .

With InfiniBand NDR ( 400Gbps ), the bandwidth per server reaches 3.2Tbps .
In addition , the non-blocking cluster managed by Unified Fabric Manager ( UFM ) is configured with hot and cold spares to ensure that the quality of service meets the standards of GDPR and 2TB of memory and 112 CPU cores for each server provide a large data processing and high-performance computing work environment .
The power of 12KW per server , fast network and secure center design enable the best service implementation .
In preparing for the service , Gcore worked closely with NHN Cloud , a leading cloud company in Korea , from selecting a data center to configuring the service to reflect the needs of Korean customers .
“ Korea has tremendous growth potential in AI technologies , including AI semiconductors , systems , and services , and we look forward to helping Korean companies take a leading position in the global AI market by leveraging Gcore ’ s data centers located within the country ’ s highspeed telecommunications network , as well as Gcore ’ s global edge network , which is interconnected with ultra-low latency networks around the world ,” said HyunYong Jung , Country Manager , Gcore Korea .
DongHoon Kim , CEO , NHN Cloud , said : “ As the paradigm of the AI infrastructure market in Korea and globally is rapidly changing , NHN Cloud is building the largest GPU cluster in Korea with more than 1,000 NVIDIA H100s in our data centers , including the Gwangju National AI Data center and Pangyo Data center ( NCC1 ).
“ Gcore is a company with strong and secure cloud and edge AI know-how based on more than 160 PoPs around the world and by quickly introducing NVIDIA ’ s latest GPU , the H100 , to Korea , we are setting the stage for a new phase in the Korean AI market .”
“ Through our partnership with Gcore , NHN Cloud will strengthen the competitiveness of the Korean AI infrastructure market and actively respond to global expansion and market changes .” p
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