South Korea announced plans to triple government spending on AI infrastructure as it positions itself to be a top-tier global AI manufacturing, semiconductor, model training, and datacenter hub. The increased allocation is expected to accelerate high-density GPU cluster deployments, sovereign compute scaling, specialized LLM research, and national chip ecosystem development. The move also reflects competitive urgency as countries like the U.S., India, Japan, and EU rapidly expand funding to secure compute sovereignty in generative AI. The expanded budget signals long-cycle industrial strategy rather than short tactical stimulus.