SK Group and Nvidia announced expanded strategic partnership across AI factory infrastructure and next-generation memory (HBM), deepening regional leader integration.

SK Group and NVIDIA have announced a comprehensive partnership valued at over $500 billion to establish AI infrastructure meeting global compute demand. The companies signed letters of intent to formalize the agreement, which spans AI factory construction and AI memory supply.

SK Telecom plans to build a 2-gigawatt-scale AI Cloud in Korea, scheduled to come online in 2027. The facility will be based on the NVIDIA DSX full-stack AI factory architecture, deploying NVIDIA Vera Rubin accelerated computing powered by SK hynix HBM4 memory. The DSX platform integrates NVIDIA accelerated computing, systems, software and partner technologies to deliver the lowest token cost at maximum energy efficiency.

The partnership accelerates adoption of NVIDIA-powered AI infrastructure across the Asia-Pacific region, helping SK Telecom invest in and expand large-scale AI infrastructure while making capital-intensive AI services accessible to a broader range of customers. The initiative targets sovereign, physical, agentic and enterprise AI services to address increasing AI demand across South Korea and the region.

In parallel, SK hynix is establishing a long-term AI memory partnership with NVIDIA, codeveloping and optimizing next-generation AI memory solutions including HBM to meet evolving infrastructure demands ranging from large language model training to agentic and physical AI applications. The agreement secures stable supply of next-generation memory for NVIDIA while enabling SK hynix to expand its growth foundation.

SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won stated: "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."

NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang added: "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."