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Baek Kyung-hoon says tax breaks for lease-type AI data centres under review, power rules to be eased

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

Helion secures $175 million in U.S. funds to develop semiconductors to boost fusion power efficiency

Fusion startup Helion has secured $175 million from the U.S. federal government to develop advanced semiconductors for power plants and strengthen production capacity. The company aims to cut losses in power conversion to raise fusion generation efficiency and to build a U.S. supply chain for advanced power semiconductors. The funds will support R&D and manufacturing for high-voltage pulse semiconductors under the CHIPS Act over three years.

AI & Enterprise

Mandatory disclosure of AI training data from government-backed projects raises questions over detailed criteria

South Korea is moving to require AI training data built or produced during government-backed projects to be provided through the national AI Hub platform. As detailed rules are drafted ahead of an April start, debate is growing over whether data obtained or further processed at companies’ own expense should also be subject to disclosure in joint public-private projects. Another issue is how authorities will assess requests to exclude data on grounds such as trade secrets, privacy or copyrights.