KT said on July 14 it was selected as the preferred bidder for a project ordered by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and the National Information Society Agency to establish an innovation information strategy plan for the National Information Resources Service. The project sets standards and a phased relocation roadmap for 693 public information systems operated at the Daejeon headquarters. It also reviews data centre options, private cloud use, and security and disaster recovery frameworks.

Microsoft and Chevron plan to build a 2.67 gigawatt natural gas power plant in west Texas and use it to supply electricity to Microsoft AI and cloud data centres. The companies have signed a 20-year power purchase agreement for dedicated supply. Most capacity will come from two GE Vernova turbines, with the remainder from Caterpillar unit Solar Turbines. The project has drawn attention to potential emissions and climate-strategy tensions.