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How South Korea’s AI megaprojects aim to ‘maintain edge’ over China, meet demand
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How South Korea’s AI megaprojects aim to ‘maintain edge’ over China, meet demand The goal, however, faces potential hurdles including workers’ reluctance to relocate away from Seoul and dispersed supply chains The plan is intended to secure supplies of advanced memory chips needed for AI data centres and computing infrastructure, while easing pressure on the Seoul metropolitan area by creating a second major chipmaking base in the country’s southwest. Separately, SK Group, GS Group, Naver...
How South Korea’s AI megaprojects aim to ‘maintain edge’ over China, meet demand
The goal, however, faces potential hurdles including workers’ reluctance to relocate away from Seoul and dispersed supply chains
The plan is intended to secure supplies of advanced memory chips needed for AI data centres and computing infrastructure, while easing pressure on the Seoul metropolitan area by creating a second major chipmaking base in the country’s southwest.
Separately, SK Group, GS Group, Naver and other companies will also invest a total of 550 trillion won by 2029 to build large-scale AI data centres nationwide.
The government will support the initiative by providing essential infrastructure, including electricity, water and industrial sites, and plans to offer discounted electricity rates for AI data centres.
“These megaprojects represent South Korea’s efforts to maintain its technological edge in semiconductors over China and other competitors,” said Park Jae-guen, a renowned semiconductor expert at Hanyang University.