{"slug": "kt-joins-state-project-to-build-ai-driven-dark-factory-solutions", "title": "KT joins state project to build AI-driven 'dark factory' solutions", "summary": "KT said Thursday it has joined a Ministry of Science and ICT-led research project to develop design and construction solutions for \"dark factories\" — fully automated, unmanned plants that run around the clock using artificial intelligence. KT will develop a system built on modular edge AI data center infrastructure to generate and verify Sim-Ready synthetic data, along with an integrated environment for operating AI agents, for a dark factory planned near Jeonbuk Innovation City in North Jeolla Province. The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, LG Energy Solution, Harim Foods, Shinsung E&G and the Korea Productivity Center are taking part as joint research institutions.", "body_md": "KT said Thursday it has joined a government-led research project to develop design and construction solutions for \"dark factories\" — fully automated, unmanned plants that run around the clock using artificial intelligence (AI) across every stage of production. The project falls under a Ministry of Science and ICT initiative to build a research and development ecosystem for a software platform based on collaborative intelligence and physical AI. It aims to build a dark factory near Jeonbuk Innovation City in North Jeolla Province. Besides KT, the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, LG Energy Solution, Harim Foods, Shinsung E&G and the Korea Productivity Center are taking part as joint research institutions. KT will develop a system built on modular edge AI data center infrastructure — compact, distributed AI data centers pre-assembled on factory floors — to generate and verify Sim-Ready synthetic data, or digital data usable in virtual simulation environments, along with an integrated environment for operating AI agents. Through the research, KT aims to resolve error", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/kt-joins-state-project-to-build-ai-driven-dark-factory-solutions", "canonical_source": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/companies/20260917/kt-joins-state-project-to-build-ai-driven-dark-factory-solutions?utm_source=rss", "published_at": "2026-09-17 05:22:04+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-17 05:22:51.677582+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-agents", "ai-infrastructure", "ai-research"], "entities": ["KT", "Ministry of Science and ICT", "Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology", "LG Energy Solution", "Harim Foods", "Shinsung E&G", "Korea Productivity Center", "Jeonbuk Innovation City"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/kt-joins-state-project-to-build-ai-driven-dark-factory-solutions", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/kt-joins-state-project-to-build-ai-driven-dark-factory-solutions.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/kt-joins-state-project-to-build-ai-driven-dark-factory-solutions.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/kt-joins-state-project-to-build-ai-driven-dark-factory-solutions.jsonld"}}