Nvidia will deploy 260,000 Blackwell GPUs across Korean industry and government, advancing AI infrastructure and “physical AI” with Samsung, SK, Hyundai, and Naver Cloud. The plan positions Korea for large-scale AI deployment across factories, vehicles, and research.
The chiefs of Nvidia, Samsung, and Hyundai met over Korea’s beloved chimaek on October 30, signaling trillion-won AI and chip partnerships ahead of the APEC CEO Summit in Gyeongju.
Samsung Electronics and SK hynix agreed to supply memory for OpenAI’s $500 billion Stargate project under a letter of intent, with Samsung affiliates and SK Telecom taking additional roles in data center design, construction, and services.
