Trump administration simultaneously promotes AI data center buildout while VP Vance publicly opposes AI as harmful, creating conflicting signals. Affects chip makers, cloud providers, and tech investors betting on AI infrastructure. U.S. policy incoherence may influence Korea's own AI infrastructure
The government is finalizing implementation rules for the AI Data Center Industry Promotion Act, defining qualifying centers by either absolute power consumption or AI-equipment power ratio. Exemptions from power-grid impact assessments—a key incentive—will target large facilities up to 100 megawatt
Asus is promoting an integrated hardware-to-software approach to serve countries and companies building their own AI infrastructure (sovereign AI). The Taiwan-based manufacturer, presenting at Seoul's AI Tech 2026, plans to supply servers, storage, and services as part of an 'AI factory' model rathe
Hugging Face, a global AI platform, selected Korean startup Vidraft's "ai-world" project for its weekly 'Space of the Week' honor—a recognition typically reserved for major tech companies. This marks a rare case of a Korean startup gaining attention in the global AI developer community on the basis