The factory will support SK subsidiaries, including SK hynix and SK Telecom (SKT), and external organizations via a GPU-as-a-service model, accelerating industrial innovation and digital transformation across the country’s industries. Jensen Huang, NVIDIA Founder and CEO, said: “In the era of AI, a new kind of manufacturing plant has emerged: the AI factory. 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’s Chairman, Chey Tae-Won, highlighted the strategic vision: “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. 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 partnership extends to SK hynix, which is deploying NVIDIA CUDA-X technologies, including the PhysicsNeMo framework, to accelerate chip design and technology computer-aided design simulations using AI physics. SK hynix is also developing autonomous fab digital twins with NVIDIA Omniverse libraries and NVIDIA RTX PRO Servers. These digital twins will enable real-time simulation, monitoring, and optimization of fab operations, supporting faster production ramp-up, operational agility, and progress toward self-optimizing semiconductor manufacturing facilities.
SKT is developing an industrial AI cloud in Asia using NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs, initially deploying over 2,000 GPUs to support SK hynix’s fab digital twins, semiconductor production, and internal AI agents. SKT will also develop a foundation model called A.X., powering SK hynix’s AI agents built with NVIDIA NIM microservices and NVIDIA AI Enterprise software, helping over 40,000 employees enhance productivity and collaboration across chip development and production.
Additionally, the collaboration will support the development of SK hynix high-bandwidth memory (HBM) and next-generation advanced memory solutions for NVIDIA GPUs, semiconductor manufacturing, and telecommunications infrastructure. The AI factory infrastructure will also be available to sovereign model developers participating in Korea’s government Sovereign AI Foundation Models project, with SKT contributing foundation models for enterprises, industries, and researchers focused on AI agent and application development.
This NVIDIA–SK Group partnership represents a strategic effort to integrate AI, robotics, and advanced memory technologies into industrial operations, strengthening Korea’s position in global AI, semiconductor, and digital twin innovation. The companies will showcase their progress and initiatives at the SK AI Summit, running November 3–4.
