11th Agora Economica

Venue: Pureun Hall

Moderator: Myungho Park, Chairman, Institute for Global Economics and Society

Presenter: Sangwon Ko, Senior Research Fellow, Korea Information Society Development Institute

Discussants: Shinju Kim, Former Lecturer, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies; Youngju Son, Associate Research Fellow, Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning; Sanghyuk Moon, Teacher, Duru Elementary School; Jiyoon Park, International Cooperation Officer, Korea AeroSpace Administration; Yena Choi, Founder, Second Root

This seminar focused on changes in the global competitive landscape surrounding AI data centers and Korea’s response strategy. The presentation emphasized that “AI infrastructure,” which combines power, cooling, location, and geopolitics, has emerged as a new core competitive factor, and that data centers are being transformed from simple facilities into industrial and security assets. In the discussion, participants pointed out that Korea’s ranking as “4th in AI” diverges from its actual computing capacity, raising the need to resolve infrastructure bottlenecks such as power, land, and regulation. The discussion also highlighted the importance of moving beyond the old-style race for quantitative investment toward strategic infrastructure design that integrates energy, location, and the industrial ecosystem.

Original title: 제11회 아고라이코노미카

Author: Agora Economica

Date: 2026-04-24

Source: https://www.cfe.org/bbs/bbsDetail.php?cid=agora&pn=1&idx=28834