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SEOUL, June 29 (Reuters) - South Korea announced three "mega projects" on Monday covering semiconductors, physical AI and AI data centres, with Samsung Electronics, SK Group and government ministries

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Micron stock was gaining despite SK Hynix and Samsung being set to spend a combined 800 trillion won ($518.58 billion) to build new chip-making hubs in southwest Korea

Samsung and SK Hynix plan to build two chipmaking plants apiece for $518 billion. The South Korean government is lining up the remaining investment in the broader infrastructure.

~ $2 trillion That's how much South Korean chipmakers Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, along with affiliate companies and the country's government, plan to spend on creating new semiconductor and AI industry hubs in the years to come.

The world’s two largest memory-chip makers said their existing investments wouldn’t be enough to meet demand, amid a worldwide shortage.

South Korean tech giants Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix said Monday they will invest a combined 800 trillion won ($518 billion) in building a new computer chipmaking hub in the country’s southwest region, capitalizing on surging artificial intelligence -driven demand. President Lee Jae Myung joined the companies’ chairs Monday in announcing the plan, which dovetails with the government’s efforts to expand investment beyond the greater Seoul metropolitan area, the country’s economic center and heart of its semiconductor sector.

South Korea is launching a 1,350 trillion won ($880 billion) plan in corporate investments to build out critical AI infrastructure and cement its global dominance in the semiconductor market. President Lee Jae Myung called the sweeping mega-project a "national survival strategy" for the AI era. Bloomberg's Avril Hong breaks down the press conference, where President Lee was joined by the CEOs of tech giants Samsung and SK Hynix to outline the multi-year roadmap.

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South Korea will invest nearly $1.2 trillion -- equivalent to more than two-thirds of its GDP -- in a new chip-building hub and AI data centres over several years, as it seeks to profit from soaring demand while developing previously neglected regions.The government also announced a separate investment of a quadrillion won (around $650 billion) in AI data centres over the next 10 years.

Samsung shares dropped 4% in Seoul on Monday, while SK Hynix shares dipped nearly 2%.

The rally driven by the global artificial-intelligence boom has exposed structural vulnerabilities in a stock market unaccustomed to wild swings.

Samsung Electronics and ‌SK Hynix ‌plan to each build ​two new massive chip fabrication sites in South Korea's southwest ‌region ⁠as part of a national project ⁠to build chip production "ecosystem" valued ​at 800 ​trillion ​won ($517.87 billion), ‌the government said on Monday. The plan was unveiled at the announcement of three ‌new "mega-projects" by ​the country ​and ​the global ‌chip giants to ​spur ​growth and dominate the AI sector. ($1 = ​1,544.8000 ‌won)

Asian markets were mixed on Monday as selling of artificial intelligence-related shares pulled benchmarks in Japan and South Korea lower, though gains for other stocks helped offset those losses. U.S. futures advanced and oil prices gained, though they remained close to the levels they were at before the Iran war began in late February. Tensions between the U.S. and Iran escalated over the weekend as Iran launched fresh drone and missile attacks on Bahrain and Kuwait in response to new U.S. airstrikes, adding to uncertainties clouding the global economic outlook.

Samsung and SK Hynix both dropped Monday as tech selloff pressure and a regulatory setback outweighed trillion-dollar chip pledges.

South Korea rolled out sweeping chip and AI mega-projects on Monday, ‌as President Lee Jae Myung pledged to cement ‌overwhelming industry leadership with investments spanning hundreds of billions of dollars over ​several years. The announcement marks Lee's boldest push yet to align South Korea's AI and chip ambitions with his pledge to narrow regional disparities and revive economies beyond the Seoul metropolitan ‌area. Lee was joined by ⁠the leaders of Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, the world's two largest memory chipmakers, for ⁠the televised announcement.

By Joyce Lee SEOUL, June 29 (Reuters) - South Korea is set to unveil three "mega-projects" to fuel its next growth phase, including a new semiconductor hub in the southwest that local media say could

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