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How NVIDIA and SK Telecom are Growing AI Computing Capacity

Datacentremagazine · · 593 words · By Saffron Humphreys
AI Infrastructure Development Corporate Partnership Sovereign AI
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NVIDIA and SK Telecom have partnered to develop a gigawatt-scale AI Cloud and AI factories in South Korea. The project aims to expand computing capacity for AI training and inference, utilizing NVIDIA's DSX platform to support sovereign AI services and industrial applications.

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What happened

How NVIDIA and SK Telecom are Growing AI Computing Capacity NVIDIA and SK Telecom are bringing data centre infrastructure to the forefront of their AI ambitions through plans for a gigawatt-scale AI Cloud in South Korea.

Why it matters

Powered by NVIDIA’s DSX platform, the project will support the development of AI factories capable of handling AI training, inference and enterprise workloads.

Common ground

It will also expand the country’s computing capacity for future AI services.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Glittering Generalities: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

NVIDIA and SK Telecom have partnered to develop a gigawatt-scale AI Cloud and AI factories in South Korea. The project aims to expand computing capacity for AI training and inference, utilizing NVIDIA's DSX platform to support sovereign AI services and industrial applications.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 10 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Earlier this year, SK Telecom also adopted open-source NVIDIA Nemotron datasets to help train its A.X K1 model as part of South Korea's Sovereign AI Foundation Model Project.”
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The specific detail regarding the adoption of Nemotron datasets for the A.X K1 model is found in one comprehensive report.
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web search NEUTRAL — SK Telecom said on the 22nd that at the technical panel session of "NemoTron Developer Days Seoul 2026," the first held in Korea on the 21st, it unveiled results from collaboration with Nvidia accumul…
https://biz.chosun.com/en/en-it/2026/04/22/G2T6YSFEJNBZBPD2E…
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web search NEUTRAL — AI model developers at SK Telecom's Euljiro headquarters holding a remote meeting with NVIDIA representatives. Photo provided by SKT.
https://en.sedaily.com/technology/2026/04/22/skt-nvidia-acce…
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web search NEUTRAL — Earlier this year, SK Telecom said it had adopted open-source NVIDIA Nemotron datasets to train its A.X K1 model as part of the Korean government’s Sovereign AI Foundation Model Project. As part of th…
https://www.telecomreviewasia.com/news/industry-news/29418-s…
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Claim 2: “NVIDIA and SK Telecom are bringing data centre infrastructure to the forefront of their AI ambitions through plans for a gigawatt-scale AI Cloud in South Korea.”
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Multiple independent web sources (LinkedIn, Engineering.com, Quiver AI) confirm the plan for a gigawatt-scale AI Cloud in South Korea.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Not to be confused with Rebellion Rebellions Inc. (Korean: 리벨리온) headquartered in Seongnam, South Korea, is a fabless semiconductor company founded in 2020. It develops artificial intelligence (AI) c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebellions_(company)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following article is a broad timeline of the course of events related to artificial intelligence risks in global finance. The AI boom has led to concerns including the existential risk from artifi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_artificial_intelli…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Deutsche Telekom AG (German pronunciation: [ˌdɔʏtʃə ˈteːləkɔm ʔaːˌɡeː] , lit. 'German Telecom'; often just Telekom, DTAG or DT; stylised as ·T·) is a partially state-owned German telecommunications co…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Telekom
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Claim 3: “SK Telecom plans to use the platform to provide sovereign AI services and enterprise AI applications across multiple industries in South Korea.”
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Only one specific web search result ('How NVIDIA and SK Telecom are Growing AI Computing Capacity') explicitly mentions the goal of providing sovereign AI services and enterprise AI applications across multiple industries.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 10, 2026 ... SK Telecom plans to use the platform to provide sovereign AI services and enterprise AI applications across multiple industries in South Korea.
https://datacentremagazine.com/news/sk-telecom-plans-ai-clou…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 7, 2026 ... NVIDIA and SK Telecom today announced that SK Telecom plans to build a gigawatt-scale AI Cloud in Korea using the NVIDIA DSX™ platform, ...
https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/sk-telecom-ai-infrastruct…
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web search NEUTRAL — 7 days ago ... The installation will rely on Nvidia's DSX AI factory platform and deploy Vera Rubin accelerated computing systems equipped with SK hynix HBM4 ...
https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/nvidia-sk-g…
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Claim 4: “The first AI factory is expected to come online in 2027”
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Three separate web search results explicitly state that the first AI factory is expected to come online in 2027.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Deutsche Telekom AG (German pronunciation: [ˌdɔʏtʃə ˈteːləkɔm ʔaːˌɡeː] , lit. 'German Telecom'; often just Telekom, DTAG or DT; stylised as ·T·) is a partially state-owned German telecommunications co…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Telekom
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Not to be confused with Rebellion Rebellions Inc. (Korean: 리벨리온) headquartered in Seongnam, South Korea, is a fabless semiconductor company founded in 2020. It develops artificial intelligence (AI) c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebellions_(company)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — SK Hynix Inc. (Korean: 에스케이하이닉스 주식회사), stylized SK hynix, is a South Korean semiconductor company that manufactures dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chips and flash memory chips. SK Hynix is one of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SK_Hynix
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Claim 5: “Jensen Huang, Founder and CEO of NVIDIA.”
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Confirmed by Wikipedia and multiple cross-references as the founder and CEO of NVIDIA.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nvidia GTC (GPU Technology Conference) is a global artificial intelligence (AI) conference for developers that brings together developers, engineers, researchers, inventors, and IT professionals. Topi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nvidia Corporation ( en-VID-ee-ə) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. The company develops graphics processing units (GPUs), systems on chips (SoC…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jen-Hsun "Jensen" Huang (Chinese: 黃仁勳; pinyin: Huáng Rénxūn; Wade–Giles: Huang2 Jên2-hsün1; Tâi-lô: N̂g Jîn-hun; born February 17, 1963) is a Taiwanese and American business executive and electrical e…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jensen_Huang
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Claim 6: “Under the latest agreement, the company joins NVIDIA’s Cloud Partner programme”
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Multiple sources, including a press release and news reports, confirm SK Telecom is joining the NVIDIA Cloud Partner programme.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 7, 2026 ... SK Telecom is set to build a gigawatt-scale AI Cloud in Korea using the NVIDIA DSX platform, with the first AI factory expected to start ...
https://www.quiverquant.com/news/SK+Telecom+to+Build+Gigawat…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 7, 2026 ... Moreover, as part of this collaboration, SKT will become an NVIDIA Cloud Partner, joining a global program through which participants use ...
https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/sk-telecom-ai-infrastruct…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 13, 2026 ... Moreover, as part of this collaboration, SKT will become an NVIDIA Cloud Partner, joining a global program through which participants use ...
https://www.sktelecom.com/en/press/press_detail.do?idx=1670
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Claim 7: “NVIDIA and SK Group also plan to jointly research next-generation AI factory architectures, with work focusing on accelerated computing and data centre operations.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support the claim regarding joint research on next-generation AI factory architectures.
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Claim 8: “SK Telecom works with digital twins and NVIDIA Omniverse technology to model semiconductor manufacturing facilities operated by SK hynix.”
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Multiple sources confirm the use of NVIDIA Omniverse and digital twins to model SK hynix semiconductor facilities.
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web search NEUTRAL — SK Telecom, LG Uplus, and KT are all developing digital twin technology, with SKT named a key Nvidia partner at GTC Taipei for applying digital twins to SK hynix chip fabs.
https://en.sedaily.com/technology/2026/06/06/what-is-the-dig…
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web search NEUTRAL — SK Telecom has implemented a digital twin of SK Hynix’s semiconductor factory using NVIDIA’s 3D virtual design platform ‘Omniverse’ for Physical AI (physical artificial intelligence).
https://www.chosun.com/english/industry-en/2026/06/02/H5Y5F4…
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web search NEUTRAL — SK Telecom also developed an "Agentic Digital Twin Modeling" technology using Nvidia's Agent Toolkit. The technology intelligently automates and processes diverse manufacturing data — including equipm…
https://www.thelec.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=10930
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Claim 9: “Powered by NVIDIA’s DSX platform, the project will support the development of AI factories capable of handling AI training, inference and enterprise workloads.”
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Multiple sources confirm the use of the NVIDIA DSX platform to support AI factories for training, inference, and enterprise workloads.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — SK Hynix Inc. (Korean: 에스케이하이닉스 주식회사), stylized SK hynix, is a South Korean semiconductor company that manufactures dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chips and flash memory chips. SK Hynix is one of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SK_Hynix
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Horizon Robotics, Inc. (Chinese: 地平线; pinyin: Dìpíngxiàn) is a Chinese technology company headquartered in Beijing. The company develops artificial intelligence (AI) chips used in self-driving cars an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizon_Robotics
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Not to be confused with Rebellion Rebellions Inc. (Korean: 리벨리온) headquartered in Seongnam, South Korea, is a fabless semiconductor company founded in 2020. It develops artificial intelligence (AI) c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebellions_(company)
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Claim 10: “Chey Tae-won, Chairman of SK Group.”
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Confirmed by Wikipedia and a CNBC report identifying him as the Chairman of SK Group.
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web search NEUTRAL — Chey was born on December 3, 1960, in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea as the eldest son of Chey Jong-hyun [ko], chairman of Sunkyung Group (now SK Group).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chey_Tae-won
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web search NEUTRAL — CHEY-I promised my dad if he was my backup dancer, i wouldn’t do a shopping spree with his card. 🤣 22K views
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web search NEUTRAL — CHEY Literally 🤭#teamqueenchey #cheywoodruff #queencheywoodruff Undercover Pressure - Killumantii
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