SK Group and NVIDIA Expand Strategic Partnership Across AI Factories and Next-Generation Memory
Key Highlights
- ➤SK Group and NVIDIA (NVDA) expand strategic collaboration exceeding $500 billion for AI factories and next-gen memory.
- ➤SK Telecom to build 2-gigawatt NVIDIA Vera Rubin DSX AI Factory, coming online in 2027.
- ➤NVIDIA (NVDA) and SK hynix establish long-term partnership for next-gen AI memory, including HBM.
- ➤SK Telecom to use NVIDIA (NVDA) DSX platform and Vera Rubin AI with SK hynix HBM4 in its AI cloud.
- ➤The partnership accelerates large-scale AI infrastructure development across Asia-Pacific.
- ➤SK hynix will secure stable supply of next-generation AI memory through NVIDIA (NVDA) collaboration.
- ➤SK hynix and NVIDIA (NVDA) to co-develop/optimize next-gen AI memory solutions including HBM.
Expert Statements
Chey Tae-won, Chairman of SK Group
“In the AI era, competitiveness depends not just on how effectively AI is utilized, but on how much intelligence we can produce. By leveraging SK hynix’s AI memory and SK Telecom’s AI infrastructure capabilities, SK will collaborate with NVIDIA to build a world-class AI factory, helping Korea transcend its role as a leading adopter of AI and become a global hub that drives AI innovation.”
Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA
“South Korea has all the ingredients to become a global AI powerhouse — world-class networks and data centers, leadership in chip technology and vast industrial scale. Together with SK Telecom and SK hynix, we are building a new generation of AI factories that will power Korea’s next wave of growth.”
News Summary: * SK Group and NVIDIA expand strategic collaboration with a $500-billion-plus initiative spanning AI factories and next-generation memory. * SK Telecom to build 2-gigawatt NVIDIA Vera Rubin DSX AI Factory to serve global compute demand. * NVIDIA and SK hynix establish long-term partnership to secure and codevelop next-generation AI memory, including HBM. SAN FRANCISCO, July 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AI Summit -- SK Group and NVIDIA today announced plans for a $500-billion-plus comprehensive partnership to establish AI infrastructure serving the surging demand for global compute. The two sides signed letters of intent to formalize the agreement, which spans from AI factory construction to AI memory supply.
NVIDIA Vera Rubin Infrastructure and DSX Platform Drive 2-Gigawatt Build Today’s announcement builds on the decades-long technology partnership between SK Group and NVIDIA, including the recently announced plans for SK Telecom to build a 2-gigawatt-scale AI Cloud in Korea.
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