Shinsegae Group said its Chairman Chung Yong-jin attended the launch ceremony of Foundry School in Washington on Sept. 3 local time. The U.S. State Department-led project aims to foster future talent for manufacturing and advanced industries through industry-academia cooperation. U.S. officials and ReflectionAI’s CEO highlighted Shinsegae’s partnership with ReflectionAI. Shinsegae said it is working on establishing a joint venture and selecting a site for a large AI data centre project in South Korea.

U.S. President Donald Trump criticised communities opposing artificial intelligence data centre construction, calling resistance a path to decline and poverty. He said embracing data centres could lower tax burdens and increase jobs, and warned that rejecting them could shift opportunities elsewhere and please China. His remarks come as opposition grows and Republicans flag the issue as an election risk. A party memo warned resistance could spread beyond Ohio, where the Senate race is tight.