NVIDIA is collaborating with the South Korean government and major industry leaders to expand the nation’s AI infrastructure with more than a quarter-million NVIDIA GPUs.
Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) is spearheading the sovereign AI development by deploying more than 50,000 of the latest NVIDIA GPUs at the National AI Computing Center and with cloud service providers NHN Cloud, Kakao and Naver Cloud. The public-private infrastructure will support research institutes, startups and AI companies in advancing Korea’s AI capabilities.
“Expanding our national AI infrastructure and developing technologies with NVIDIA is an investment that will further reinforce South Korea’s strengths, including its manufacturing capabilities. This will support South Korea’s prosperity as it strives to become one of the top three global AI powerhouses,” said Bae Kyung-hoon, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of MSIT.
Establishing AI leadership
Key corporate partners building AI factories with NVIDIA GPU support include Samsung, SK Group and Hyundai Motor Group.
Samsung is developing an AI factory with 50,000 GPUs focused on intelligent semiconductor manufacturing and robotic technologies, employing NVIDIA technologies such as Nemotron, CUDA-X, and Omniverse.
SK Group is establishing an AI factory featuring more than 50,000 GPUs and Asia’s first industrial AI cloud powered by NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs.
Hyundai Motor Group is collaborating with NVIDIA and the Korean government on a US$3 billion investment to create a national physical AI cluster with 50,000 Blackwell GPUs to enhance manufacturing and autonomous driving applications.
Naver Cloud is expanding its AI infrastructure with over 60,000 GPUs for sovereign and physical AI workloads, partnering with LG AI Research, SK Telecom, NC AI, Upstage, and NVIDIA to develop Korean foundation large language models that will accelerate AI applications tailored to Korea’s industry and citizens.
Another collaboration is on AI-RAN and 6G network infrastructure, involving Samsung, SK Telecom, ETRI, KT, LGU+, and Yonsei University to advance intelligent, low-power AI network technologies.
The Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information is establishing a Center of Excellence with NVIDIA to advance quantum computing, scientific research, and physics-informed AI models utilising NVIDIA’s CUDA-Q platform and NVQLink architecture.
Economic development and startup growth are fostered via the NVIDIA Inception programme and supported by SK Telecom and venture partners IMM Investment, Korea Investment Partners and SBVA. The programme will also work with the Korea Ministry of SMEs and Startups through the N-Up AI startup incubation initiative.
The extensive partnerships with the government and industry leaders underscore NVIDIA’s AI leadership in South Korea and reflect the deep confidence in its cutting-edge technologies.
“Korea’s leadership in technology and manufacturing positions it at the heart of the AI industrial revolution — where accelerated computing infrastructure becomes as vital as power grids and broadband. Just as Korea’s physical factories have inspired the world with sophisticated ships, cars, chips, and electronics, the nation can now produce intelligence as a new export that will drive global transformation,” said Jensen Huang, Founder and CEO of NVIDIA.
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