260,000 Nvidia GPUs for Korea

The recent Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, delivered a string of diplomatic breakthroughs: the conclusion of Korea-U.S. tariff negotiations, the normalization of Korea-China relations and renewed multilateral cooperation. Yet the most transformative outcome may not have been diplomatic at all. Korea’s deal to secure 260,000 of Nvidia’s latest Blackwell graphics processing units (GPUs) stands as a game-changing achievement that could redefine the country’s position in the global artificial intelligence (AI) landscape. GPUs, the computational engines that power everything from language models and generative systems to robotics and advanced manufacturing, are the beating heart of the AI revolution. The Korean government had initially aimed to secure 50,000 GPUs by 2030. Acquiring more than five times that number in a single stroke catapults the nation into the top tier of AI infrastructure powers, alongside the United States and China. This deal is not merely a commercial transaction. It is a powerful signal of trust and partneWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times