Nvidia to acquire $1 billion of new shares of South Korea's Naver

The announcement arrived alongside a broader AI partnership framework that ties Nvidia to South Korea’s SK Group, valued at roughly $500 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal. The move signals Nvidia’s push to embed its hardware in the region’s fast‑growing AI ecosystem. In the hours after the disclosure, multiple outlets reported that the $1 billion stake is part of a $250 billion data‑center plan that pairs Nvidia with OpenAI, while a separate $10 billion commitment from Brookfield and Nvidia aims to broaden AI capacity across Korea.

SK Hynix and Samsung have already secured a combined $700 billion investment, and analysts at Bernstein called any pullback in memory stocks a buying opportunity. The combined financial commitments bring total AI‑related spending in South Korea to near $950 billion. Market reaction was swift: Nvidia shares climbed overnight, with Yahoo Finance attributing the rise to the newly announced South Korean deals that revive a ‘breakout’ outlook.

The South Korean president’s visit to San Francisco, reported by KRON4, underscored the diplomatic dimension of the $500 billion partnership with Silicon Valley firms. Financing scrutiny remains a theme, yet the firm appears positioned to cement a dominant role in the region’s AI infrastructure.