▲ Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong announces investment plans at the National Report Meeting on the 3 Major Mega-Projects presided over by President Lee Jae-myung at the Blue House on the 29th.
Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong announced today (the 29th) regarding the group's semiconductor investment plans, stating, "Among several regions, we are planning Gwangju as a candidate site, where we expect support in terms of power, water supply, talent acquisition, and various other infrastructure incentives."
During the National Report Meeting on the 3 Major Mega-Projects for Korea's Great Leap Forward, presided over by President Lee Jae-myung at the Blue House today, Chairman Lee said, "Following Giheung, Hwaseong, and Pyeongtaek, the investment schedule for the Yongin National Industrial Complex has accelerated significantly, and the time to prepare for new complexes has also moved up," explaining the rationale behind the plan.
For cutting-edge packaging technology, he unveiled investment plans for the Chungcheong region.
Chairman Lee stated, "High Bandwidth Memory (HBM), which is indispensable for the training and inference of Artificial Intelligence (AI) models, requires state-of-the-art technology to stack semiconductor chips and demands processes at the level of a main fab," adding, "We will concentrate investments in HBM fabs (factories) in the Chungcheong region, including Cheonan and Onyang, alongside existing semiconductor back-end process fabs."
Regarding investments in physical AI, such as humanoid robots, he announced, "We will concentrate investments related to robots, along with the Samsung Group's internal AI data center, in Gumi, Gyeongsangbuk-do."
For next-generation solid-state batteries and Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), Samsung SDI plans to continue its investments centered in Ulsan, Gyeongsangnam-do.
In the next-generation shipbuilding sector, Samsung Heavy Industries will expand its investments in Geoje, Gyeongsangnam-do.
For cutting-edge package substrates, handled by Samsung Electro-Mechanics, investments will be increased centered around the Busan plant.
Chairman Lee also emphasized, "We will concentrate investments in the bio business, which is a strategic business for Samsung with high growth potential, in Songdo, Incheon, to develop it into the world's largest bio cluster."
Chairman Lee said, "I am confident that if companies, the government, and local governments join forces, we can create an irreplaceable Republic of Korea as the President mentioned," adding, "As a business person, I am honored to contribute to this."
(Photo: Blue House Press Corps, Yonhap News)
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