South Korea Invests Big in Chip Production and Humanoid Robots
South Korea and its tech giants are channeling $1 trillion into expanding memory chip output, establishing AI data centers, and commercializing humanoid robots, despite public debates over chipmaker profits and labor union concerns about automation.
- South Korea, in partnership with major tech companies, is committing $1 trillion to boost memory chip production, build AI data centers, and accelerate humanoid robot deployment by 2028.
- Samsung and SK Hynix will invest $585 billion in new chip fabrication plants, aiming to double DRAM production within five years.
- Hyundai Motor Company plans to invest $5.8 billion in robot manufacturing and an AI data center, with a goal of producing 30,000 Atlas humanoid robots annually by 2028.