IBM Announces 150 Billion USD Investment in US Manufacturing -- Concentrating Advanced Manufacturing Facilities and R&D Bases in US Domestic Soil, Building Strategic Foundation for Global Technology Hegemony: On April 28, 2025, IBM officially announced plans to invest 150 billion USD (approximately 207 trillion KRW) in US manufacturing and advanced technology sectors over the next 5 years. This investment targets US economic activation and IBM global computing leadership strengthening, with more than 30 billion USD to be invested in mainframe and quantum computer research and development and US domestic manufacturing. The investment categories: mainframe manufacturing (IBM z-series remains the backbone of global banking and financial transaction processing); quantum computing R&D (IBM Quantum is the most advanced commercially deployed quantum computing program, with this investment accelerating qubit count and error correction advances); AI infrastructure (IBM hybrid cloud and AI platform investment supporting enterprise AI adoption). The political context: the 150 billion USD announcement came during the Trump administration push for major corporations to announce US domestic investment commitments; IBM investment in IBM Federal (government IT services) also benefits from maintaining strong political relationships; the announcement aligns with the broader industrial policy moment where major tech companies are making significant US investment commitments.