SKT Forms AI Infrastructure Alliance with Nvidia, Aiming to Become Leading AI Cloud Provider

SK Telecom is partnering with Nvidia to build AI infrastructure, aiming to become Asia’s leading artificial intelligence (AI) cloud provider.

On the evening of the 7th, at a chicken restaurant located in Samseong-dong, Seoul, SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, and executives from both companies had dinner and exchanged conversations. From left in the photo are Madison Huang, Senior Director at Nvidia; Nico Caprez, Vice President at Nvidia; Jung Suk-geun, Head of SK Telecom AI CIC; Kwak No-jeong, CEO of SK Hynix; Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia; Chey Tae-won, Chairman of SK Group; Jung Jae-heon, CEO of SK Telecom; Kim Joo-sun, President of AI Infra at SK Hynix; and Jeff Fisher, Senior Vice President at Nvidia. Provided by SK Telecom.

On June 8, SK Telecom announced that it will pursue “full-stack AI cloud” collaboration based on the Nvidia DSX platform, covering everything from chips to data center operations.

The two companies plan to expand “AI Factories”—data centers specialized for AI workloads—to gigawatt scale. SK Telecom will join the “Nvidia Cloud Partner” program, a global partner ecosystem that leverages Nvidia’s AI infrastructure and software to deliver high-performance AI services.

At a meeting held in Taiwan on June 1, SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang reviewed the AI infrastructure roadmap that both companies have envisioned and agreed to pursue group-level cooperation. SK Telecom will serve as a key executor of this partnership, working with Nvidia to establish Asia’s largest AI infrastructure.

SK Telecom plans to grow its AI cloud business through this collaboration. The company aims to become a core partner providing Nvidia with the necessary AI infrastructure and business network, establishing itself as Asia’s leading AI cloud provider.

Meanwhile, during the keynote at Nvidia’s GTC Taipei, SK Telecom’s large-scale digital twin technology built on “Nvidia Omniverse” was introduced. SK Telecom is currently applying this technology to the semiconductor manufacturing process at SK Hynix.

Chey Tae-won, Chairman of SK Group, said, “Through our close partnership with Nvidia, we have secured full-stack AI infrastructure competitiveness, covering everything from chips to data center operations. By jointly addressing not only service delivery but also issues related to GPUs, memory, and energy, we will lead the development of the AI ecosystem across Asia and establish ourselves as the region’s representative AI cloud provider.”

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