Samsung plans to invest a total of 450 trillion won domestically over the next five years, including in research and development (R&D). Samsung Electronics and its affiliates aim to pursue balanced investments nationwide beyond the metropolitan area and accelerate efforts in youth employment and support for partner companies.
Recently, Samsung Electronics convened a temporary management committee and decided to establish a new Line 5 at the Pyeongtaek Campus Phase 2. As the demand for memory semiconductors is expected to surge globally due to the expansion of AI, this preemptive measure is to secure production capacity. The new line is expected to begin full-scale operation from 2028, alongside various infrastructure investments. Samsung envisions the Pyeongtaek Campus as the central hub of the domestic semiconductor ecosystem.
Large-scale investments for regional balanced development are also being pursued. Samsung SDS is implementing a multi-site infrastructure strategy to establish a national AI Computing Center in Jeonnam and an AI Data Center in Gumi, Gyeongbuk. The Jeonnam Center plans to secure GPU resources to support academia, startups, and small to medium-sized enterprises by 2028. The Gumi Data Center will be developed as a central AI service hub for Samsung Electronics and its affiliates.
Samsung Electronics is also examining the establishment of a Korean production line for the European air conditioning equipment company, Fläkt, recently acquired by Samsung, in Gwangju. This move is intended to penetrate the AI Data Center air conditioning equipment market.
Samsung SDI is reviewing plans to establish a next-generation solid-state battery production hub centered around the Ulsan plant. A pilot solid-state line was installed at the Suwon research center in 2023, producing prototypes, with mass production targeted for 2027. Samsung SDI is conducting a solid-state battery demonstration project with Germany’s BMW.
Samsung Display is constructing an 8.6-generation IT OLED production line at the Asan plant in Chungnam. After test runs later this year, it plans to commence full-scale mass production by mid-next year. Additionally, 14 idle equipments, including an exposure machine, were donated to the Technopark Innovative Process Center in Chungnam.
Samsung Electro-Mechanics is producing high-performance semiconductor package substrates (FC-BGA) at its Busan site. Since 2022, investments have been ongoing to enhance production capacity for high-value-added semiconductor package substrates, addressing the expanding AI and server markets.
Samsung is also actively creating youth jobs. It aims to hire 60,000 new employees over the next five years and currently runs various social contribution programs such as SSAFY (Samsung Software&AI Academy), Hope Stepping Stone 2.0, C-Lab Outside, and Youth Hope Center. SSAFY operates on five campuses nationwide, with approximately 85% of the 8,000 cumulative graduates successfully securing employment. Hope Stepping Stone 2.0 provides housing and job training to youths preparing for self-reliance, while C-Lab Outside has nurtured over 540 startups.
Samsung is strengthening support for partner companies. It offered low-interest loans amounting to 2.321 trillion won to first to third-tier partners and is concurrently providing interest-free loans for building smart factories and shifting toward ESG management. Since 2010, it has rewarded incentives to employees of partner firms at semiconductor and display facilities, distributing a cumulative total of 814.6 billion won by the first half of 2025.
With this investment plan, Samsung intends to simultaneously secure competitiveness in future industries and promote regional balanced development, thereby supporting sustainable growth across the overall domestic industrial ecosystem.