OpenAI and South Korean tech giants Samsung and SK announced a partnership on Wednesday to provide chips and other solutions for Stargate, the company reported. This is a $500 billion project aimed at building an infrastructure connected to artificial intelligence. The announcement came after OpenAI CEO Sam Altman met with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Korean corporate leaders in Seoul.
President Lee called this partnership a major opportunity for South Korea’s semiconductor industry to strengthen its role in AI and create more jobs.
Under this partnership, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix – two of the world’s largest memory chip manufacturers – have committed to accelerating their production of advanced chips to meet OpenAI’s growing memory demands for the Stargate initiative, according to the companies’ statements.
The ChatGPT maker also struck a separate deal with South Korea’s top wireless carrier, SK Telecom, to explore building an AI data center in the country, dubbed “Stargate Korea.” Additionally, it partnered with other Samsung partners to collaborate on data center technologies and potentially expand local capacity.
Samsung said the agreements between OpenAI, Samsung C&T and Samsung Heavy Industries include a joint commitment to develop floating data centers. These floating data centers potentially offer advantages over land-based centers by reducing land constraints, lowering cooling costs, and cutting carbon emissions.
“Korea has all the ingredients to be a global leader in AI — incredible tech talent, world-class infrastructure, strong government support, and a thriving AI ecosystem,“ said Altman’s statement.
Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong said the world is “pivotal moment with the advent of AI, and the industry must collaborate to effectively chart the future.” Stargate aims to significantly expand computing infrastructure to support the development and delivery of AI products. It is a joint venture between OpenAI, SoftBank and Oracle, backed by US President Donald Trump
Companies have committed to eventually investing up to USD 500 billion to build massive data centers and secure the energy production needed to advance AI development.
OpenAI previously announced that its flagship AI data center in Texas will be joined by five others around the US, including two more data center complexes in Texas, one in New Mexico, one in Ohio and another in a Midwest location it hasn’t yet disclosed.
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