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Korea Institute for Industrial Economics & Trade: "₩1,600 Trillion Mega Projects Must Capture AI Bottlenecks to Reshape Industrial Landscape"

· Source: finance.biggo.com

In short

The Korea Institute for Industrial Economics & Trade (KIET) argues that South Korea's three ₩1,600 trillion mega projects should be restructured from simple capacity expansion into growth platforms for the national industrial base. The report recommends targeting critical AI bottlenecks — advanced packaging, data center power infrastructure, and precision components for physical AI — rather than competing with the US and China across the entire value chain. It also proposes linking mega projects to seven regional zones so investment effects diffuse into regional industrial ecosystems.

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Tags: semiconductors, supply chain, data centers, physical AI, policy, packaging

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