OpenAI Partners With Korea’s Samsung, SK Hynix on Stargate, Memory Chips, More

The wide-ranging deal includes DRAM, services, construction, and more customers for ChatGPT. The planned infrastructure could include floating data centers.

Samsung has signed a deal with OpenAI to provide memory chips, data center infrastructure, and undisclosed future projects for the Stargate build-out initiative. This deal includes Samsung’s shipbuilding and other heavy industries arm.

In addition, SK hynix will collaborate with Samsung and OpenAI to scale up semiconductor production, with projected demand reaching up to 900,000 DRAM wafer starts per month.

“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 OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in a press release. “We’re excited to work with Samsung Electronics, SK hynix, and the Ministry of Science and ICT through our global Stargate initiative to support Korea’s ...