Few global facilities possess more than a gigawatt of power, making electricity for AI computing increasingly scarce.

South Korea’s personal data protection watchdog has announced that downloads of the popular Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek have been banned in the country. The Personal Information Protection Commission said the app was removed from the local version of Apple’s App Store and Google Play over the weekend.

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South Korea unveils plans for a 3-gigawatt AI data center that fuses cutting-edge tech with renewable energy, propelling digital innovation and growth.

The announcement comes weeks after the two allies held joint air drills, prompting North Korea to slam them for the ‘provocative’ moves.

South Korea has moved to shut down the artificial intelligence (AI) app DeepSeek, citing data privacy concerns tied to its links with Chinese tech giant ByteDance. The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) said the app would be removed from Google Play and Apple's App Store at 6 pm local time on 15,

The announcement comes weeks after the two allies held joint air drills, prompting North Korea to slam them for the ‘provocative’ moves.

Hyundai Motor Company has established a subsidiary in China called CoMo, focused on artificial intelligence (AI) research and development (R&D), as it steps up its development of software-defined vehicles (SDVs) for the world’s largest automobile market – according to reports in China.

South Korea has accused Chinese AI startup DeepSeek of sharing user data with the owner of TikTok in China. “We confirmed DeepSeek communicating with ByteDance,” the South Korean data protection regulator told Yonhap News Agency.