Lee’s $880 Billion AI Bet Ties Legacy to South Korea Chip Boom
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An $880B national bet on AI chips in South Korea underscores how semiconductors are becoming state-level industrial policy, not just corporate capex. If you depend on GPU and memory supply, your planning horizon now has to account for geopolitical chip hubs and incentives, not just cloud provider roadmaps.
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