Shinsegae Group signed a memorandum of understanding with Reflection AI in San Francisco Monday (local time) to build what will become Korea's largest artificial intelligence (AI) data center, expected to consume 250 megawatts of electricity annually. Both companies agreed to establish a joint venture by the end of this year to carry out the project. The partnership between the Korean retail giant and the U.S. tech firm marks the first cooperation under the American AI Exports Program, which was announced last year by the Donald Trump administration. Following Trump’s executive order last July, the U.S. Department of Commerce has led the program aimed at promoting the export of full-stack American AI technology packages. After attending the opening of the National AI Data Center overseeing the program, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick also joined the signing ceremony at the same venue, underscoring Washington’s support for the Korean data center project. Shinsegae said its partnership with Reflection will help the retailer become an AI cloud operator with the most advanced te