Multiple Korean companies plan to expand AI business development with NVIDIA, covering infrastructure, physical AI and other areas

Odaily Planet Daily News Multiple major Korean companies are stepping up cooperation with tech giant NVIDIA to broaden the scope of artificial intelligence (AI) business development. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang visited major companies such as SK, LG, Hyundai Motor, and NAVER in succession on the same day to discuss cooperation directions in AI infrastructure, physical AI, and other fields.

When visiting LG's Twin Towers in Yeouido, Seoul, Jensen Huang stated that one of the key businesses for NVIDIA and LG's cooperation is robotics. The two sides agreed to strengthen collaborative research and development on reference humanoid robots. LG Electronics will expand its strategic cooperation with NVIDIA across the entire development process of next-generation robots, including humanoid robots and logistics robots.

Hyundai Motor Group is strengthening cooperation with NVIDIA in the field of physical AI. The two sides 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 will build a data center in the Saemangeum area of South Korea.

Doosan Group's robot manufacturing subsidiary, Doosan Robotics, will also strengthen its physical AI cooperation with NVIDIA. The company will utilize NVIDIA's robot simulation tool chain, Isaac Sim, to develop an intelligent agent robot operating system.

SK and NAVER will cooperate with NVIDIA in AI infrastructure. SK Hynix will jointly develop next-generation chips with NVIDIA to build NVIDIA's AI factories, strengthening their long-term technical partnership. SK Telecom will join the cloud provider ecosystem "NVIDIA Cloud Partners" (NCP).

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