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South Korea all out to build more data centers, looking beyond AI competition

By Choonsik Yoo ( July 18, 2025, 08:37 GMT | Comment) -- South Korea is going all out to expand its AI data-center infrastructure. After past policy missteps, outdated regulations and the failure to attract global tech investments, President Lee Jae Myung wants to narrow the gap in computing power with other countries by building more data centers to boost AI capacity. Lee's data center plans will also lead to the much-needed modernization of South Korea's power grid and the revitalization of provinces through job creation and development. Alarmed by reports showing it has been outpaced by countries it once viewed as technological laggards — let alone longtime leaders and its peers — South Korea is urgently mobilizing government and corporate forces to plan a sweeping expansion of data centers aimed at reclaiming leadership in AI innovation....

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