Samsung SDS powers South Korea’s national AI research with NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs - CHOSUNBIZ - Chosunbiz

Samsung SDS has been selected as a GPU resource supplier for South Korea's '2026 AI Research Computing Support Project', launching services last month. The initiative, overseen by the Ministry of Scie... Read original →

Samsung SDS winning the role as GPU provider for South Korea’s national AI research project signals a strategic deepening of its position within the domestic semiconductor and cloud computing ecosystem. This move will accelerate the adoption of NVIDIA's H100 to B300 chips in academic and research settings, boosting local LLM development capabilities. From a tech stack perspective, it pressures domestic AI chipmakers like FuriosaAI to accelerate product evolution in response to the emerging算力 barrier formed by Samsung Cloud Platform and NVIDIA. Policy-wise, the initiative, led by the Ministry of Science and ICT and IITP, reflects a tightening grip on critical computing resources, potentially reshaping reliance on foreign supply chains. In the market, this event may spark a race among domestic cloud providers for GPUaaS/NPUaaS dominance, intensifying competitive dynamics. Over the next 12–24 months, South Korea’s AI infrastructure development could crystallize into a regional computing ecosystem centered on Samsung SDS, accelerating self-reliance in its semiconductor supply chain.