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South Korea discusses how to better utilize Nvidia AI-chip purchase deal

( November 27, 2025, 02:23 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT has formed a working group with four major local companies to discuss how to better utilize a massive number of high-end GPUs to be purchased from Nvidia for national artificial intelligence development. The working group held its inaugural meeting on Thursday, with Vice-Minister Ryu Je-myung hosting top officials from Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor, SK Telecom, and Naver. The government and the four companies had previously agreed with Nvidia to purchase a total of 260,000 graphics processing units, a deal that would make the country’s AI computing power among the strongest in the world. At Thursday’s meeting, they discussed strategies for utilizing the GPUs, ways to revitalize the domestic AI ecosystem, and longer-term plans to strengthen AI competitiveness on the global stage.The statement, in Korean, is attached....

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