South Korea announces $500 bln chip investment on huge AI demand
South Korea's chip industry will see a record investment of more than half a trillion dollars as demand soars for the components that power artificial intelligence data centres, the government announced on June 29.
The 800 trillion won ($518 billion) project will comprise four chip fabrication plants in the comparatively under-developed southwest, Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan told reporters.
The announcement made with representatives of Samsung, SK hynix and other electronics companies is in line with President Lee Jae Myung's agenda for industrial development in regions outside the capital Seoul.
"First, we will develop the southwestern region into a second semiconductor production hub. We will construct four memory fabs through corporate investments totaling 800 trillion won," Kim said at the presidential office.
