Nvidia, SK Group unveil $500 billion-plus AI data centers initiative, memory partnership

July 24, 2026 7:53 PM EDT

NVIDIA logo is seen in this illustration taken July 20, 2026. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

SAN FRANCISCO, ‌July 24 (Reuters) - ​Nvidia ​and South Korea's SK Group on Friday ‌unveiled a more than $500 billion AI ⁠initiative spanning large-scale AI data ‌centers and next-generation memory, ‌Nvidia said.

The initiative includes a long-term partnership with SK Hynix ​to secure next-generation memory supply for Nvidia and jointly ⁠develop high-bandwidth memory for AI training, AI ​agents and physical AI applications.

As part of the initiative, SK ​Telecom plans to ‌build a 2-gigawatt AI data center powered by ⁠Nvidia's Vera Rubin chips and SK Hynix's HBM4 high-bandwidth memory, ⁠with the first facility due to come ​online in 2027, Nvidia added.

Separately, Nvidia said it, Naver and Brookfield plan ‌to expand Naver's AI data center in South ‌Korea.

(Reporting by Stephen Nellis in ⁠San Francisco ‌and Heekyong ​Yang and Jack Kim in Seoul; Editing by Chris ‌Reese)



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