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In addition to the multi-year memory supply and co-development agreement between Nvidia and SK hynix, the key part of the strategic relationship is SK Telecom's planned 2-gigawatt AI data center in South Korea. The installation will rely on Nvidia's DSX AI factory platform and deploy Vera Rubin accelerated computing systems equipped with SK hynix HBM4 memory. The first AI data center is set to enter service in 2027. The companies intend to use this infrastructure to support sovereign AI, enterprise AI, physical AI, and agentic AI deployments across South Korea and the Asia-Pacific region. In addition, the companies will work together on expansion of SK's AI infrastructure going forward, which is a rather vague way to say plans to deploy future AI platforms from Nvidia.
The most important part of the announcement is, of course, the gargantuan value — $0.5 trillion — of the intended strategic relationship. Based on what is disclosed, the figure is best interpreted as the aggregate value of commercial activity expected between the companies over several years, as it bundles together AI infrastructure construction and a long-term memory supply agreement under one umbrella. That activity likely will include the following:
SK Telecom's purchases of Nvidia GPUs, networking equipment, systems, and other hardware for its AI data centers.
Supplies of SK hynix memory to Nvidia under the long-term supply agreement.
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Reference reading
- https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/SPONSORED_LINK_URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/nvidia-and-sk-group-enter-usd500-billion-ai-partnership-plan-to-supercharge-ai-infrastructure-with-next-gen-memory-and-massive-ai-factories#main
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