South Korea Launches Seven SEED Projects to Drive Next-AI Growth

The rapid expansion of generative AI is increasing demand for electricity, computing infrastructure and critical components, while quantum computing, biotechnology and space technology are emerging as new arenas of national competition. South Korea is seeking to coordinate research and supply-chain policy around those shifts, with the aim of developing new growth engines, reducing strategic dependencies and securing technologies it considers core national assets.

The South Korean government has unveiled seven SEED projects spanning three pillars: clean energy, next-generation advanced technologies and advanced supply chains. The initiatives include preparing the power system for surging AI demand, building infrastructure for AI-enabled biotechnology, and setting development goals for quantum and space technologies. The available report did not specify an announcement date, an aggregate investment amount or implementation deadlines for the individual projects.