Legal Advisory on AI Data Center Project by SK Broadband and SK Telecom

Lee & Ko’s TMT Group provided comprehensive legal advisory services to SK Broadband and SK Telecom in connection with their large-scale AI data center project in partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS), a leading global cloud service provider. The project, with an estimated investment of KRW 7 trillion, aims to establish Korea’s largest AI-dedicated data center, deploying approximately 60,000 GPUs.

Given the involvement of AWS and the unprecedented scale of the initiative, the project required a sophisticated contractual framework and careful coordination among multiple stakeholders. Lee & Ko advised SK Broadband and SK Telecom across all phases of the project—from identifying key legal issues to negotiating and executing complex cloud-related agreements, as well as analyzing potential legal risks.

In particular, Lee & Ko provided forward-looking legal guidance on regulatory approvals, power supply arrangements, cloud compliance, and real estate and construction requirements. This end-to-end advisory support enabled the clients to successfully close the transaction within the scheduled timeline.

This project represents a strategic milestone in advancing Korea’s AI ecosystem and large-scale infrastructure development. It also highlights Lee & Ko’s deep expertise in the ICT and infrastructure sectors and its broad experience in structuring and negotiating complex agreements. Following the successful completion of this transaction, additional mandates are expected in connection with SK Group’s data center operations, investment expansions, and future facility developments.