President Lee Holds Consecutive Meetings with SK's Chey Tae-won and Samsung's Lee Jae-yong to Discuss AI and Semiconductor Strategies

Following a meeting with SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won last week, President Lee Jae-myung is set to meet with Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong at the Presidential Office this week.

It has been confirmed that the agenda for these meetings includes future strategies for the artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductor industries, the construction of large-scale AI data centers, and regional investment plans.

President Lee is scheduled to meet with Chairman Lee Jae-yong at the Presidential Office on the 25th to exchange views on the development direction and strategies for the AI and semiconductor industries, as well as plans for large-scale regional investments.

The President also met with Chairman Chey Tae-won on the 19th, the day after returning from his tour of Europe.

It is reported that Chairman Chey discussed the direction for pursuing the construction of large-scale AI data centers during that meeting.

Plans for balanced regional development through large-scale investments were also brought to the table during these discussions.

The Presidential Office plans to hold a meeting with top executives from major domestic AI-related companies, including Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, on the 29th to discuss balanced regional development plans. Some interpret the meetings with Chairman Lee and Chairman Chey as a form of preliminary coordination.

There are also expectations that specific investment plans for the Honam region by Samsung and SK will be announced at the meeting on the 29th.

During his press conference marking his first year in office on the 8th, President Lee stated, "I plan to unveil a large-scale investment project to the public soon that will achieve a 'great transformation of growth strategy'."


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