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The return of the e-merging markets

South Korea and Taiwan are capturing the AI chip windfall. Here's why your supply chain strategy needs to shift.

Reporting by Financial Times Technology 1 min brief
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Why it matters

As AI infrastructure spending accelerates globally, emerging markets—particularly South Korea and Taiwan—are positioned as critical beneficiaries through semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain dominance, and geopolitical leverage in the compute race.

The key facts

4 to know

  1. South Korea emerging as major AI wave beneficiary

  2. Taiwan positioned as key AI infrastructure player

  3. Geopolitical shift in semiconductor/chip manufacturing leverage

  4. Supply chain implications for AI infrastructure buildout

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Publisher excerpt: For now South Korea and Taiwan are the biggest beneficiaries of the AI wave
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