Strengthening the Promotion System for 'Data Center Regional Distribution'... Ministry of Science and ICT, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Join Task Force
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy's policy to alleviate the concentration of data centers in the Seoul metropolitan area will be expanded into a system where central government agencies such as the Ministry of Science and ICT, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, and the Local Era Committee cooperate to promote it.
On the 11th, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy held a task force (TF) meeting with related ministries at the Government Complex Sejong to discuss the regional dispersion of data centers. The meeting was attended by the Local Era Committee, the Ministry of Science and ICT, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, as well as Jeollanam-do, Gyeongsangbuk-do, and Gangwon-do, which are actively promoting the attraction of data centers.
At the meeting, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy presented management measures to continuously monitor the progress of regional dispersion of data centers and to facilitate smooth project implementation. According to the ministry, the proportion of power reception notices submitted to Korea Electric Power Corporation for data centers outside the metropolitan area increased from 22% in October last year to 45% in June this year. Early results are emerging, such as large-scale data center investment cases in Pohang, Gyeongbuk, Jangseong and Haenam-gun, Jeonnam.
According to the ministry, local governments attending the meeting expressed that "although they are making great efforts such as providing subsidies and discovering sites for the regional placement of data centers, efforts by local governments alone are insufficient." They also requested additional incentives from central government agencies related to the expansion of communication facilities and power supply.
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Cheon Young-gil, Director of the Energy Policy Office at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, who presided over the meeting, said, "Thanks to the active participation of local governments, the results of the data center regional dispersion policy are gradually becoming visible," adding, "The government will also spare no support together with KEPCO, related ministries, and local governments to ensure that data centers can be more smoothly established in local areas."
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