--- title: "Stargate Korea (two sites) (Samsung and SK; OpenAI), South Korea (sites not verified) — campus ledger — The AI Compute Race — DRYBURGH · The Compute Economy" source: https://dryburgh.com/vol1/ledger/stargate-korea-two-sites description: "Stargate Korea (two sites): never dated. 0 MW evidenced of 20 MW announced or estimated, end of August 2026 reading; no dated promise." --- # Stargate Korea (two sites) (Samsung and SK; OpenAI), South Korea (sites not verified) Samsung and SK; OpenAI Stargate Korea (two sites) (Samsung and SK and OpenAI; South Korea (sites not verified)) has no dated promise on the record; at the end-of-August 2026 reading the public record evidences 0 MW of IT load against 20 MW announced or estimated. The book’s verdict: never dated. From *The AI Compute Race*. [Read the book](https://dryburgh.com/vol1#buy) Download this campus: [CSV](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/data/ledger-stargate-korea-two-sites.csv) · [JSON](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/data/ledger-stargate-korea-two-sites.json) Announced or estimated (IT load) 20 MW Evidenced power (IT load), end of August 2026 0 MW The book’s verdict Never dated The ledger’s reading is the end of August 2026: the promises and the states as they stood then. Each row’s evidence carries its own date, printed on it. The promise and the record, on one line. The book’s verdict: **Never dated**. - Evidence read 29 August 2026 - Today Nov 2026 **0 MW** evidenced at the end-of-August 2026 reading, of 20 MW announced or estimated (0%). ## The announcement **Announced or estimated capacity (IT load):** 20 MW **Where the announcement was read:** [openai.com](https://openai.com/index/samsung-and-sk-join-stargate/) **When it was read:** 1 October 2025 ## The promise **What was promised:** none ## At the close of the record **Evidenced power (IT load), end of August 2026:** 0 MW **Where the evidence was read:** not on file **When it was read:** 29 August 2026 **The book’s verdict:** Never dated ## The book’s note 20 MW may be per site (40 MW), unresolved. The only date given was a construction start in March 2026, not first power or operations; the minister later said timing was undecided. The August 2026 compilation records 0 publicly verified and names no source for the zero. ## Also **Who is involved:** - partner [Samsung](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/parties/samsung) - partner [SK](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/parties/sk) - partner [OpenAI](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/parties/openai) ## Campuses near it in the ledger - [PORTS-Pike](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/ledger/ports-pike) shares a party - [Stargate Doña Ana / Project Jupiter](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/ledger/stargate-dona-ana-project-jupiter) shares a party - [Stargate Shackelford / Frontier](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/ledger/stargate-shackelford-frontier) shares a party - [Stargate UAE](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/ledger/stargate-uae) shares a party - [Stargate Michigan / The Barn](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/ledger/stargate-michigan-the-barn) shares a party - [Stargate Port Washington / Lighthouse](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/ledger/stargate-port-washington-lighthouse) shares a party ## Questions about this campus **Is Stargate Korea (two sites) energized?:** Stargate Korea (two sites) (Samsung and SK and OpenAI; South Korea (sites not verified)) has no dated promise on the record; at the end-of-August 2026 reading the public record evidences 0 MW of IT load against 20 MW announced or estimated. The book’s verdict: never dated. **When was Stargate Korea (two sites) promised to be energized?:** The record holds no dated promise for Stargate Korea (two sites). **Who is building Stargate Korea (two sites)?:** Samsung (partner), SK (partner), OpenAI (partner). - [Tests](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/tests) - [Scorecard](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/scorecard) - [Data](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/data/releases) - [Chapter by chapter](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/companion) - [The record at a glance](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/observatory) - [The machine](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/machine) - [One campus, four futures](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/hyperion) - [Glossary](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/glossary) - [People](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/people) - [Sources](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/sources) - [Notes](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/notes) - [Where the book was wrong](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/corrections) - [Where its sources were wrong](https://dryburgh.com/corrections?book=vol1) - [The Paper](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/paper) - [Consent](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/consent) - [Who builds and pays](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/parties) *The AI Compute Race: Five Races, One Machine* is a book by Lee S. Dryburgh, the first volume of THE COMPUTE ECONOMY, published by Dryburgh, an imprint of Contestra OÜ, Tallinn, Estonia; its record closes on 8 November 2026. [About the book](https://dryburgh.com/vol1)[Tell me when it is out](https://dryburgh.com/vol1#notify)