NVIDIA and SK Group Build AI Factory to Drive Korea’s Manufacturing and Digital Transformation

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NVIDIA (NVDA) and SK Group are partnering to build an AI factory in Korea featuring more than 50,000 NVIDIA GPUs, with phase one targeted for completion by late 2027. The facility will serve SK subsidiaries and external customers via a GPU-as-a-service model.

SK hynix will use NVIDIA CUDA-X, PhysicsNeMo, Omniverse libraries and RTX PRO servers to accelerate chip design, create fab digital twins and progress toward robotic self-optimizing fabs. SK Telecom will deploy an industrial cloud with over 2,000 RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPUs. SK aims to deploy AI agents for more than 40,000 employees.

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• 50,000+ NVIDIA GPUs planned for SK AI factory
• Phase one completion targeted by late 2027
• SKT industrial cloud to include 2,000+ RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPUs
• AI agents to support > 40,000 SK employees
• Collaboration on SK hynix HBM and next-gen memory for NVIDIA GPUs

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Insights

AI infrastructure strategist

This expands Korea's AI compute base and industrial AI capabilities via a >50,000 GPU AI factory and linked cloud services.

NVIDIA and SK Group plan an AI factory with more than 50,000 NVIDIA GPUs, serving SK subsidiaries and external users via GPU-as-a-service. The collaboration covers HBM and next-generation memory work, CUDA-X and PhysicsNeMo use for chip design, Omniverse-based fab digital twins, and AI agents for over 40,000 employees. The first phase targets completion by late 2027.

The business mechanism ties large-scale GPU capacity to faster chip R&D, digital-twin driven fab ramp-up, and AI agent productivity gains. Key dependencies include timely delivery and integration of the GPUs, software stack performance at scale, and access for sovereign model developers. Watch the late 2027 phase milestone and the SKT cloud rollout with over 2,000 RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPUs, plus adoption metrics for the AI agents and fab digital twins over the next 12–36 months; these will indicate operationalization and measurable productivity or design-cycle improvements.

New AI Infrastructure With Over 50,000 NVIDIA GPUs to Boost Chip Design, Digital Twin, Robotics and AI Agent Development

News Summary:

• SK Group and NVIDIA are deepening their partnership to advance SK hynix HBM and future memory solutions for NVIDIA GPUs, chip manufacturing and telecommunications.
• SK Group is building an NVIDIA AI factory featuring more than 50,000 NVIDIA GPUs.
• SK hynix is advancing chip manufacturing with NVIDIA CUDA-X technologies, including through the NVIDIA PhysicsNeMo framework, tapping AI physics to significantly accelerate technology computer-aided design simulation.
• SK hynix is developing semiconductor fab digital twins using NVIDIA Omniverse libraries and NVIDIA RTX PRO Servers to achieve faster production ramp-up, higher efficiency and progress toward robotic self-optimizing fabs.
• SK hynix is deploying AI-powered agents with NVIDIA NIM microservices and NVIDIA AI Enterprise software to boost productivity for over 40,000 employees.
• SK Telecom is launching an industrial cloud built on NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPUs in Asia, enabling startups, enterprises and government agencies to accelerate digital twin and robotics innovation.

GYEONGJU, South Korea, Oct. 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- APEC Summit—NVIDIA today announced that it is working with SK Group to build an AI factory to advance semiconductor research, development and production, as well as cloud infrastructure to support digital twin and AI agent development.

SK Group is building an AI factory featuring more than 50,000 NVIDIA GPUs, with the first phase planned for completion by late 2027. Once complete, the system is expected to be one of Korea’s largest AI factories.

The new factory will serve SK subsidiaries — including SK hynix and SK Telecom (SKT) — as well as external organizations through a GPU-as-a-service model, accelerating digital transformation and industrial innovation for Korea’s industries.

Further expanding the NVIDIA and SK Group partnership, the companies are collaborating on the development of SK hynix high-bandwidth memory (HBM) and next-generation advanced memory solutions for NVIDIA GPUs, semiconductor manufacturing and telecommunications infrastructure.

“In the era of AI, a new kind of manufacturing plant has emerged: the AI factory,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA. “SK Group is a vital memory technology partner, helping NVIDIA create the world’s most advanced GPU computing platforms that power global AI progress. We are delighted to partner with SK to build its AI foundation on NVIDIA accelerated computing and software, creating AI factories that will transform SK and energize Korea’s AI ecosystem.”

“SK Group is working with NVIDIA to make AI the engine of a profound transformation that will enable industries across Korea to transcend traditional limits of scale, speed and precision,” said Chey Tae-Won, chairman of SK Group. “With the NVIDIA AI factory as our foundation, SK Group will forge the infrastructure that powers the next generation of memory, robotics, digital twins and intelligent AI agents.”

The SK Group AI factory infrastructure will be available to sovereign model developers participating in the Korea government’s Sovereign AI Foundation Models project. SKT is also taking part in the program as a model developer to provide foundation models for enterprises, industries and researchers working on AI agent and application development.

SK Telecom Advances Physical AI and Robotics With NVIDIA Omniverse
NVIDIA Cloud Provider SKT plans to build an industrial AI cloud with NVIDIA RTX PRO™ 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs in Asia, empowering the nation’s manufacturing leaders to advance physical AI and robotics development.

The initial deployment will include over 2,000 NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPUs, and will run NVIDIA Omniverse™ workloads to support SK hynix’s semiconductor manufacturing, fab digital twins and internal AI agents.

SK Hynix Boosts Productivity Through AI Physics, Digital Twins, Robotics and AI Agents
SK hynix is using the accelerated cloud infrastructure from SKT to scale its operations.

SK hynix is tapping NVIDIA CUDA-X™ technologies, including through the NVIDIA PhysicsNeMo™ framework, to accelerate chip design with AI physics. This accelerates technology computer-aided design simulations, enabling SK hynix to deliver next-generation semiconductor products faster and with greater precision. SK hynix is also testing opportunities to accelerate its current use of Synopsys software with NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs for technology computer-aided design and circuit simulation.

To boost efficiency, SK hynix is building autonomous fab digital twins using NVIDIA Omniverse libraries and NVIDIA RTX PRO Servers with NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPUs. These digital twins enable real-time simulation, monitoring and optimization of fab operations, resulting in faster production ramp-up, improved operational agility and progress toward fully self-optimizing manufacturing facilities.

SKT is developing a foundation model called A.X. that will power SK hynix’s AI agents, built with NVIDIA NIM™ microservices and the NVIDIA AI Enterprise software platform. These agents will help more than 40,000 employees, production staff and office workers collaborate and solve problems faster, accelerating productivity across chip development and fabrication.

Learn more about these collaborations by joining the NVIDIA keynote and sessions at the SK AI Summit, running Nov. 3-4.

About NVIDIA
NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) is the world leader in AI and accelerated computing.

For further information, contact:
Allie Courtney
NVIDIA Corporation
+1-408-706-8995
acourtney@nvidia.com

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FAQ

What will NVIDIA (NVDA) and SK Group build in Korea and when will phase one finish?

They will build an AI factory with over 50,000 GPUs; phase one is planned for completion by late 2027.

How many GPUs will SK Telecom deploy for its industrial AI cloud and which GPU model?

SK Telecom plans an industrial cloud with over 2,000 NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPUs running Omniverse workloads.

How will SK hynix use NVIDIA technology to speed chip development?

SK hynix will use CUDA-X, PhysicsNeMo and NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs to accelerate technology computer-aided design and simulations.

Who can access the SK AI factory GPU resources?

The facility will serve SK subsidiaries and external organizations via a GPU-as-a-service model, including sovereign model developers.

What workforce impact does the NVIDIA–SK collaboration specify for AI agents?

SK plans AI-powered agents built with NVIDIA NIM and AI Enterprise to assist over 40,000 employees.