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<newsSubject><![CDATA[SK Chairman Chey Tae-won Inspects Gwangju Semiconductor Site, Vows to Accelerate Construction]]></newsSubject>
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<news1><![CDATA[As SK hynix moves forward with plans to develop a semiconductor cluster in Korea’s Honam region, SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won visited the site of the former Gwangju military airport and a nearby ammunition depot on the 9th to inspect infrastructure readiness.

Accompanied by SK hynix CEO Kwak Noh-jung and other executives, Chey reviewed plans for the site, power supply, water, and transportation infrastructure, and called for close cooperation with the central and local governments to accelerate development of the cluster.

“Semiconductor demand is growing faster than expected, making it necessary to speed up the expansion of production facilities,” Chey said. “We have already moved up the overall construction schedule for the Yongin Semiconductor Cluster by 12 years, but even that may not be enough. Going forward, we may need to build fabs simultaneously in Yongin and the Gwangju area.”

Regarding the scale of the Honam semiconductor cluster, Chey said the current plan is for it to be approximately two-thirds the size of the Yongin cluster. A specific groundbreaking date has yet to be determined.

SK hynix has continued discussions with local governments since unveiling a plan in June to build a new semiconductor cluster in the Honam region with an estimated investment of KRW 400 trillion.

“This visit was intended to assess firsthand how quickly we can build the facilities in the Gwangju area,” Chey said. “We will move forward with construction as quickly as possible.”]]></news1>
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<news_epilog_byline><![CDATA[By Eun-young Huh(eunyoung114@nspna.com) and Bok-hyun Lee(bhlee2016@nspna.com)]]></news_epilog_byline>
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