Nvidia and SK Group announced a $500B+ initiative spanning AI data centers and next-gen memory. It pairs a long-term SK hynix HBM4 supply-and-co-development partnership with an SK Telecom 2GW data center (Vera Rubin chips, HBM4) online from 2027, plus Naver/Brookfield and Hyundai Genesis autonomy tie-ups. Samsung is also in on chip/memory design.
SK hynix began trading on Nasdaq at $149, raising about $26.5B — the biggest-ever US equity debut by a foreign company (past Alibaba's $25B in 2014) and the second-largest share sale on record. Proceeds fund fabs and equipment for AI memory.
SK hynix will invest 100 trillion won (~$64B) in new plants at Cheongju — ₩80T for the M17 NAND fab targeting 2029 and ₩20T for a packaging facility by late 2027 — under Korea's broader AI-chip investment drive.
South Korea unveiled a government-led national plan pledging over $576B across semiconductors, AI data centers and physical AI — anchored by Samsung and SK hynix, who will each build two new HBM-focused fabs. This confirms an earlier ~$646B report (a separate framing of Samsung group capex).