OpenAI, Samsung and SK announced on October 1, 2025 a series of strategic partnerships within Stargate, OpenAI's global infrastructure platform. What are they after? To accelerate the industrial capacity and data-center resources needed to train and operate advanced AI models, with a special focus on South Korea. (openai.com)
What was announced exactly?
The companies agreed to collaborate on several concrete fronts: ramping up production of advanced memory, exploring and building new data centers in Korea (including locations outside the Seoul metro area), and deploying ChatGPT Enterprise capabilities and the OpenAI API within their operations. These talks were announced after a meeting between President Lee Jae-myung, Samsung and SK executives, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. (openai.com)
One notable detail: Samsung Electronics and SK hynix aim to scale production to 900,000 per month in an accelerated capacity rollout. That’s not just a number — it’s the raw material that feeds large AI models. ()
