Elis Group Wins South Korea’s Internet Grand Prize

South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT held the 21st Korea Internet Awards and Digital Innovation Awards ceremony on the 13th at Seoul’s Post Tower. Twelve organizations were selected for Korea Internet Awards, with the top presidential prize going to AI infrastructure solutions company Elis Group.

Elis Group was recognized for developing and commercializing South Korea’s first B300 AI data center using warm-water cooling, as well as its own AI cloud and agent technology. The ministry said these achievements contributed to the development of domestic AI computing technology.

KT and the Korea Food Safety Information Service received the prime ministerial award. KT was recognized for shifting facility management toward preventive safety management through infrastructure based on high-speed internet and 24-hour remote monitoring. The ministerial awards went to MegazoneCloud, LloydK, and Nepla. MegazoneCloud supports companies’ AI transformation with integrated cloud, AI, and security operations technology; LloydK was recognized for improving work efficiency at companies and public institutions with a generative AI data-search solution; and Nepla was honored for making its legal wiki, case law, and statutes freely available.

The individual achievement awards went to Seoul National University professor Lee Won-woo and Taepyeongyang attorney and adviser Cho Kyung-sik. At the Digital Innovation Awards, 13 companies and 13 individuals received ministerial commendations, while seven organizations received special commendations from the organizing companies. Recognized recipients included Brils, for contributing to industrial automation with a robot modularization platform, and Seo Sang-hyun, a researcher at LG Management Development Institute, for work on commercializing generative AI services and training specialists.

South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT held the 21st Korea Internet Awards and Digital Innovation Awards ceremony on the 13th at Seoul’s Post Tower. Twelve organizations were selected for Korea Internet Awards, with the top presidential prize going to AI infrastructure solutions company Elis Group.

Elis Group was recognized for developing and commercializing South Korea’s first B300 AI data center using warm-water cooling, as well as its own AI cloud and agent technology. The ministry said these achievements contributed to the development of domestic AI computing technology.

KT and the Korea Food Safety Information Service received the prime ministerial award. KT was recognized for shifting facility management toward preventive safety management through infrastructure based on high-speed internet and 24-hour remote monitoring. The ministerial awards went to MegazoneCloud, LloydK, and Nepla. MegazoneCloud supports companies’ AI transformation with integrated cloud, AI, and security operations technology; LloydK was recognized for improving work efficiency at companies and public institutions with a generative AI data-search solution; and Nepla was honored for making its legal wiki, case law, and statutes freely available.

The individual achievement awards went to Seoul National University professor Lee Won-woo and Taepyeongyang attorney and adviser Cho Kyung-sik. At the Digital Innovation Awards, 13 companies and 13 individuals received ministerial commendations, while seven organizations received special commendations from the organizing companies. Recognized recipients included Brils, for contributing to industrial automation with a robot modularization platform, and Seo Sang-hyun, a researcher at LG Management Development Institute, for work on commercializing generative AI services and training specialists.