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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang made a lightning visit to South Korea this week, meeting with top tech companies, and held a press conference with SK Group Chairman Choi Tae-yuan in Seoul on Monday to officially announce their cooperation plan. According to the agreement, the two companies will work together to launch AI factory construction before 2027, deploying advanced data center infrastructure while jointly developing next-generation memory chips. SK Group owns SK Hynix, one of the major suppliers of High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) globally, making the partnership with Nvidia GPUs highly strategic. This collaboration marks Nvidia’s continued deepening of ties with South Korea’s semiconductor ecosystem. As US-China tech competition intensifies, South Korean manufacturers are actively strengthening connections with the US-led AI supply chain. The original summary only provides the cooperation framework and timeline—for technical specifications and investment details, please refer to the original article.

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Nvidia and SK Group announced plans to build an AI factory together by 2027. The real focus here isn’t about scale—it’s that AI infrastructure is officially becoming a main battlefield in geopolitical competition.

There’s a clear tech logic behind this: To run large models on Nvidia GPUs, High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) is an essential component, and SK Hynix happens to be one of the core global HBM suppliers. Their deep绑定 (binding/tie) is essentially redrawing the geographic map of the AI compute supply chain, all under the pressure of escalating US-China tech rivalry.

For us AI builders who rely on cloud compute and APIs, this sends a structural signal: Compute accessibility and pricing will increasingly be shaped by supply chain阵营 (camp/side) divisions, not just pure market supply and demand.

Today, why not spend 10 minutes mapping out which hardware supply chain camp your current AI services depend on? This insight could give you a half-step head start when the next wave of compute restructuring hits.

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