Multiple South Korean companies plan to collaborate with NVIDIA to expand the scope of AI business development, covering areas such as infrastructure and physical AI.

Odaily报道 Multiple major South Korean companies are stepping up their collaboration with tech giant NVIDIA to broaden the scope of their artificial intelligence (AI) business development. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang visited several large enterprises including SK, LG, Hyundai Motor, and NAVER on the same day to discuss cooperation directions in areas such as AI infrastructure and physical AI.

During his visit to LG's Twin Towers in Yeouido, Seoul, Jensen Huang stated that robotics is one of the key areas of collaboration between NVIDIA and LG. The two sides agreed to strengthen cooperation in the research and development of reference humanoid robots. LG Electronics plans to expand its strategic partnership with NVIDIA across the entire development process of next-generation robots, including humanoid robots and logistics robots.

Hyundai Motor Group is strengthening its collaboration with NVIDIA in the field of physical AI. The two parties had previously agreed to jointly invest $3 billion for the development of physical AI in South Korea. During his visit to Hyundai Motor Group's headquarters, Jensen Huang announced that NVIDIA would invest in building a data center in the Saemangeum region of South Korea.

Doosan Robotics, the robotics manufacturer under Doosan Group, will also strengthen its cooperation with NVIDIA in physical AI. The company plans to utilize NVIDIA's robot simulation toolchain, Isaac Sim, to develop an intelligent agent robot operating system.

SK and NAVER will collaborate with NVIDIA in AI infrastructure. SK Hynix will work with NVIDIA on the co-development of next-generation chips needed to build NVIDIA's AI factories, strengthening their long-term technological partnership. SK Telecom will join the cloud provider ecosystem known as the "NVIDIA Cloud Partner" (NCP) program.

NAVER will partner with NVIDIA to launch a 55-megawatt (MW) AI factory next year and will gradually expand the scale of its AI infrastructure cooperation projects.