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A public hearing to select the site for Korea's planned global AI hub will be held on the 14th of next month, according to a document published by the Ministry of Science and ICT. The hearing is part of the process of determining the location of the large-scale AI infrastructure project.
The Ministry of Science and ICT has scheduled the hearing as a forum for presenting and discussing the site selection for the global AI hub, a flagship project in the government's AI infrastructure agenda. The announcement was made through an official document posted on the ministry's website.
Details such as the list of candidate sites, participating organizations, and the venue of the hearing have not been disclosed in the available materials. The ministry has also not confirmed what decision-making authority the hearing's outcomes will carry within the selection process.
The global AI hub project is positioned as a central element of Korea's push to build domestic capacity for AI development, an area in which major Korean technology and semiconductor players including Samsung Electronics, SK hynix, Naver and Kakao are active. The available documents, however, do not link the hearing to any specific company's participation or investment.
The ministry's document was accompanied by official imagery published on the ministry's site, and Korean media have carried related coverage with accompanying photographs. Further specifics on the timetable following the hearing — including when the final site decision is expected — were not included in the materials reviewed.
With the hearing date set for the 14th of next month, attention is expected to focus on which regions are in contention and how the government weighs factors such as power supply, land availability and access to talent. No additional timeline or candidate information has been made public at this stage.
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