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HD Hyundai Electric and Bulk Infrastructure Formalize Priority Access to European Data Center Power Tenders

Signed on June 29, the deal kicks off co-development of eco-friendly transformers through local R&D hubs in Switzerland, Hungary

This file photo provided by HD Hyundai Electric Co. shows its ultra-high voltage transformer. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
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Overview

  • The memorandum grants HD Hyundai Electric priority consideration for supplying transformers and high-voltage circuit breakers to Bulk Infrastructure’s upcoming data center projects in Europe.
  • This formal agreement builds on HD Hyundai Electric’s 2024 delivery of an ultra-high-voltage transformer to Bulk’s Vennesla facility and its May contract supplying high-voltage transformers in Scotland.
  • The partners will co-develop environmentally friendly power equipment tailored to European market requirements via HD Hyundai Electric’s research institutes in Switzerland and Hungary.
  • Bulk Infrastructure currently operates five data centers across Norway and Denmark and is targeting new sites to address Europe’s forecasted 15% annual rise in data center electricity consumption.
  • Yang Jae-cheol of HD Hyundai Electric and Torbjorn Moe of Bulk Infrastructure led the signing ceremony in Seoul, emphasizing both firms’ shared commitment to Europe’s data center sector.