Republic of Korea: Operational license requirement in Special Act on Promotion of Artificial Intelligence Data Centres (Bill no. 2215928)

Progress

Current status
under deliberation
08 Jan 2026 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
Republic of Korea
Policy Area
Authorisation, registration and licensing
Policy Instrument
Operational license requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
infrastructure provider: cloud computing, storage and databases
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

08 Jan 2026
under deliberation

Special Act on Promotion of Artificial Intelligence Data Centres (Bill no. 2215928) including operational license requirement was introduced to National Assembly

On 8 January 2026, the Special Act on the Promotion of Artificial Intelligence Data Centres (Bill no. 2215928) was introduced to the National Assembly. The Act aims to simplify licensing procedures by establishing a centralised window under the Mini…

Source
Event type law
Action type introduction
Government branch legislature
Government body parliament