Nvidia clinches deals with South Korean giants
Nvidia said it signed multi-year deals in South Korea with SK Hynix, SK Telecom, Naver and Doosan, without disclosing deal values. SK Hynix agreed to develop advanced memory for global AI data centers, and SK Telecom plans a gigawatt-scale AI cloud with Nvidia tech starting with a 2027 data center. Nvidia also met LG Group on humanoid-robot and data-center architecture.

Deal reinforces Nvidia’s AI supply chain and could support sentiment around continued AI platform buildout.
Nvidia announced multi-party South Korea deals, including a multi-year SK Hynix technology partnership to secure advanced AI memory supply.
Mildly positive bias for NVDA on deal/supply-chain confidence; magnitude likely limited without disclosed deal values.
Background
Nvidia is on a high-profile South Korea trip and is pursuing memory supply and new AI data-center customers amid strained memory demand.
Why it matters
The article’s core new information is the announcement of multi-year Nvidia-related partnerships (notably with SK Hynix) and additional AI cloud/data-center initiatives using Nvidia technology.
Market relevance
For traders, the key takeaway is incremental visibility into Nvidia’s AI supply chain (memory) and downstream AI infrastructure demand (cloud/data centers), though deal values are not disclosed.
Market effects
Reinforces the shift of memory from commodity to customer-specific partnerships for AI data centers.
Highlights South Korea as a key AI hardware supply and deployment hub via SK Hynix/SK Telecom/Naver/Doosan initiatives.
Signals continued global AI infrastructure buildout and supply-chain tightening around advanced memory and Nvidia platforms.
Alternative perspectives
Without disclosed deal values, the market may treat this as sentiment-supportive but not earnings-material, especially amid macro-driven tech risk-off.
Execution risk (ramp timing, yield/availability of advanced memory, and data-center build schedules) could delay monetization beyond the headline partnership timelines.
Key entities
- companyNvidia
Announced multiple South Korea deals, including a multi-year SK Hynix technology partnership and AI data-center technology usage with SK Telecom, Naver, and Doosan.
- companySK Hynix
Signed a multi-year technology partnership with Nvidia to develop advanced memory for global AI data centers; described as Nvidia’s largest memory partner.
- companySK Telecom
Agreed to build a gigawatt-scale AI cloud in South Korea using Nvidia technology, with first data center online in 2027.
- companyNaver
Will use Nvidia technology to help build AI data centers in South Korea (per Nvidia statement).
- companyDoosan Group
Expected its energy solution to be used in Nvidia data-center platforms and to use Nvidia’s physical AI technology.

