LS Electric
South Korean power equipment maker building 145-550 kV power transformers and HVDC converter transformers at its Busan complex, plus oil-immersed and cast-resin distribution transformers, and supplying 345 kV units to US hyperscale data centers.
Facts
Source per value- Segment Power when the maker publishes power, GSU, HVDC, autotransformer or reactor products or a rating above 20 MVA; Distribution when it publishes distribution, pad-mount, pole-mount, network or dry-type products; both when it publishes each. Derived from Transformer types and Largest rating.
- Power and distribution 1
- Transformer types Product types the maker lists, separated by semicolons: power, GSU, autotransformer, HVDC, shunt reactor, substation, distribution, pad-mount, pole-mount, network, dry-type (cast resin, VPI), mobile, rectifier/industrial, renewable and data center lines.
- power; HVDC; distribution; cast resin; oil-immersed; data center 1
- Largest rating MVA Largest verified published rating in the cited product or regional scope, in MVA. Product range identifies base, forced-cooling, phase-shifter throughput or group-history claims; these rating bases are not interchangeable. Planned future ranges are described separately.
- Not published
- Smallest rating kVA Smallest published rating, in kVA. Shows how far down the distribution range a maker goes.
- Not published
- Product range The kVA/MVA range as the maker states it, by product line.
- Ultra-high-voltage power transformers 145-550 kV (Busan); oil-immersed up to 80 MVA, 69 kV; cast resin up to 3,150 kVA, 33 kV 1
- Highest voltage kV Highest voltage class the maker publishes or has delivered, in kV (AC system voltage; HVDC noted under Voltage classes).
- 550 1
- Voltage classes Voltage classes and BIL as the source states them, by product or plant.
- 145 kV to 550 kV power; distribution up to 69 kV 1
- Plants Transformer manufacturing locations, city and country. Planned plants carry their target date. Location lists identify verified sites and may not cover every factory in a global group.
- Busan (Gangseo), South Korea - two UHV transformer plants 1
- Plant countries Countries with verified operating transformer manufacturing in the cited scope; not necessarily the complete global footprint. Component and service-only sites do not establish new-unit manufacturing.
- South Korea 1
- US plant Yes when an operating US transformer plant is verified; No when the source shows the maker's plants and none is in the US. Empty means not verified.
- Not published
- EU plant Yes when an operating transformer plant in an EU-27 country is verified (the UK, Norway, Switzerland and Turkey do not count). Empty means not verified.
- Not published
- Capacity expansion Announced transformer capacity expansions: amount in the original currency, place, announcement date, target date and output change. US and EU projects first.
- KRW100.8B second UHV transformer plant, Busan, completed 2025-12-04, 2.3x the first plant's output, complex capacity KRW200B to KRW600B/yr (no US/EU transformer plant found) 1
- Largest US/EU expansion $M Largest single announced US or EU transformer capacity investment, in US$ millions, where the source states a dollar amount. Euro amounts stay in Capacity expansion unconverted.
- Not published
- Expansion region Where the announced capacity expansions are: US, EU, both, or only elsewhere (Other).
- Other 1
- Certifications and standards Quality certifications, listings and design standards the source names (ISO 9001, IEEE C57, IEC 60076, EU Ecodesign Tier 2, utility approvals).
- Not published
- Data center offer Yes when the maker markets transformers for data centers or has disclosed a data center transformer order. Empty means not found.
- Yes 2
- Data center product or order The named data center line, or the disclosed order with value and date.
- 345 kV transformers, KRW180B (~$132M) contract for an unnamed US tech company's hyperscale AI data center, announced 2026-10-01 2
- Parent or owner Parent company or owner where the source states one.
- Not published
- HQ country Country of the maker's headquarters.
- South Korea 5
- HQ region Region of the maker's headquarters.
- Asia-Pacific 5
- Legacy brands and names Sourced former names and acquired transformer businesses, retained on the current maker row to avoid duplicate supplier counts.
- Not published
Sources
- Korea Times: LS Electric completes new high-voltage transformer facilities in Busan (4 Dec 2025) accessed 2026-11-11
- Korea JoongAng Daily: LS Electric secures $132 million transformer deal for US data center (1 Oct 2026) accessed 2026-11-11
- LS Electric: Cast resin transformer (search listing) accessed 2026-11-11
- LS Electric: Oil-immersed transformer (search listing) accessed 2026-11-11
- LS Electric: 2023-2024 sustainability report (search listing: HQ Anyang, est. 1974) accessed 2026-11-11
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