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The second phase of the Jeonnam-Gwangju region's semiconductor fabrication complex will be constructed ahead of the first phase, with mass production at the new fab targeted to begin in 2030, according to a report carried by Daum.
The plan calls for the fab complex's second facility to be built as the first construction priority, rather than proceeding sequentially from phase 1. The 2030 date marks the target for the start of mass production at the facility.
The report, published via Daum on July 24, 2026, is the basis for these details. Further specifics on investment scale, participating companies, and production capacity were not included in the available reporting, and remain unconfirmed.
A fab of this scale in the Jeonnam-Gwangju area would add a new production site outside Korea's established semiconductor clusters. Details on which chip types the facility would manufacture, and whether major producers such as Samsung Electronics or SK hynix are involved, were not specified in the source material.
As only a single source has been reviewed for this claim, independent confirmation of the construction order and the 2030 mass production target is not yet available.
The claim that the second phase of the Jeonnam-Gwangju semiconductor fab will be built first with mass production targeted for 2030 is consistent with the available reporting, but the details rest on a single source, making the claim Mostly True.