Candidate Heo Seok pledges to make Suncheon a "hub of the 4th industrial revolution"

NHN Data Center Construction, Game Land Installation... Securing Future Growth Resources

[Suncheon=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Heo Seok, a preliminary candidate for Suncheon mayor (Democratic Party), who is stepping up preparations for the primary election, announced on the 26th that he will "make Suncheon a hub leading the 4th Industrial Revolution."

In March last year, Suncheon City signed an investment agreement worth 300 billion KRW with NHN Enterprise Co., Ltd. for the construction of a cloud data center and a smart information and communication industry valley.

This project is the largest investment attraction project realized in Suncheon City excluding industrial complexes and is planned to be built on the 4th Industrial Revolution cluster site next to Suncheon Job World.

This site has been designated by the government as a public cloud data center, where all large-scale data of public institutions in Jeollanam-do will be managed. It is an essential infrastructure for managing large-scale data through the expansion of advanced technologies such as cloud, big data, and Internet of Things (IoT) in the era of big data.

On the 14th, a public cloud transition project briefing session was held, and public data from Jeollanam-do and its affiliated organizations, as well as 22 cities and counties in Jeonnam, will be transferred to the cloud data center by 2025.

Accordingly, candidate Heo Seok plans to promote pledges including ▲establishment of new local corporations ▲construction of cloud data center and smart IT industry valley by 2022 ▲operation of talent development programs ▲cloud transition of public information systems ▲construction of Game Land ▲creation of more than 200 jobs.

Through this, it is expected to play a central role in innovating Suncheon's industrial structure by creating new value in the data industry sector and to respond to the relocation of administrative and public institution information systems scheduled to be completed by 2025.

Additionally, Suncheon City launched the 2nd 4th Industrial Revolution Committee last year and has commissioned a Suncheon-type 4th Industrial Revolution feasibility study, so specific business directions for the full-scale establishment of the 4th Industrial Revolution cluster are expected to be presented.

Candidate Heo Seok stated, "Securing data means securing the core growth resources of the future," adding, "During the process of attracting the NHN data center, the installation of Game Land was also confirmed, and the area around Job World will become a revolutionary base for various 4th Industrial Revolution industries such as e-sports games in the future."

Meanwhile, candidate Heo Seok is from Haeryong-myeon, Suncheon, graduated from Suncheon High School and Seoul National University with a degree in economics, and has served as director of the Labor Issues Research Institute that opens the dawn, as well as co-chairman of the Jeonnam joint election campaign committee for presidential candidate Moon Jae-in.

In the 2018 Suncheon mayoral election, he was the only Democratic Party mayoral candidate elected in the three cities of the eastern Jeonnam region and is currently serving as the 7th elected mayor of Suncheon.

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