South Korea plans to pursue tax support for lease-type AI data centres and ease power regulations to spur investment, Vice Prime Minister and Science Minister Baek Kyung-hoon said. He told a parliamentary audit the government will discuss tax benefits for lease-type facilities with fiscal authorities to attract foreign capital. He also cited differences among ministries over thresholds for exempting non-capital region centres from grid impact assessments.

Industry figures called for developing AI data centres as \"AI factories\" that produce computing resources, citing job creation and regional balanced development. At a forum hosted by the Korea Telecommunications Operators Association in Seoul, an SK Telecom executive urged attracting big tech AI computing demand and building domestic production hubs, while calling for deregulation and tax credits. Speakers also outlined planned sub-regulations for a special AI data centre law, including power-capacity criteria, streamlined permits and special zones outside the capital region.