Survey: 72% of Korean Companies Say Existing Data Centers Cannot Support Large-Scale AI

August 25, according to Yonhap News, a survey released by Dell Technologies at the "Dell Technologies Forum 2026" showed that 72% of surveyed Korean companies believe their current data center environments are insufficient to support large-scale artificial intelligence and data analytics workloads; 84% of companies plan to modernize their data centers by consolidating legacy equipment and upgrading servers and storage facilities.

The survey also showed that the main obstacles to AI implementation are concentrated in security, regulation, and data governance: 75% of respondents said they face difficulties in dealing with government regulations related to AI data, 65% said security and compliance issues had delayed or halted AI projects, and 60% expressed concerns about entrusting important corporate data to generative AI tools that may be accessed by third parties.

[TechFlow]