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SK Hynix said on June 29 it will spend KRW1,100 trillion (approx. US$710 ​billion) across three sites in South Korea over the coming decades, accelerating its Yongin cluster timeline by 12 years as it warned that even faster construction will not be enough to meet projected AI memory demand.

South Korea's government is in talks with Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix over a potential new phase of large-scale semiconductor investments, as the two chipmakers review plans that could include front-end fabrication plants and packaging facilities across the country's Honam and Chungcheong regions. Both companies say no final decisions have been made.