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

Odaily Planet Daily News Multiple major South Korean companies are accelerating their collaboration with tech giant NVIDIA to broaden the scope of their artificial intelligence (AI) business development. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang visited several major companies including SK, LG, Hyundai Motor, and NAVER in a single day to discuss cooperation directions in areas such as AI infrastructure and physical AI.

During his visit to LG Twin Towers in Yeouido, Seoul, Jensen Huang stated that robotics is one of the key businesses for NVIDIA's collaboration with LG. The two sides agreed to strengthen cooperation in research and development of reference humanoid robots. LG Electronics will 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. When visiting Hyundai Motor Group's headquarters on the same day, Jensen Huang announced that NVIDIA would build a data center in the Saemangeum area of South Korea.

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

SK and NAVER will collaborate with NVIDIA on AI infrastructure. SK hynix will work with NVIDIA to develop next-generation chips for building NVIDIA's AI factories, strengthening their long-term technological partnership. SK Telecom will participate in the cloud provider ecosystem known as the "NVIDIA Cloud Partner" (NCP) program.

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