05:41 AM EDT, 10/31/2025 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates to add information about the total GPUs in the headline and the first paragraph, as well as the most recent stock move in the second paragraph.)

Nvidia ( NVDA ) said Friday it has expanded its partnerships with Hyundai Motor Group, SK Group, and Samsung Electronics to build advanced AI factories in South Korea by deploying an aggregate of 260,000 Blackwell graphics processing units, or GPUs.

Shares of Nvidia ( NVDA ) were up 1.9% in recent premarket activity on Friday.

The company said it will co-develop artificial intelligence for autonomous vehicles, robotics, and smart factories with Hyundai, deploying 50,000 GPUs and investing about $3 billion to support South Korea's national AI initiatives.

Hyundai will also use Nvidia's ( NVDA ) Omniverse and Isaac Sim platforms to create digital twins of factories and test autonomous driving systems, it added.

SK Group plans to build an AI factory equipped with more than 50,000 Nvidia GPUs by 2027 to enhance semiconductor R&D and industrial AI, the company said.

SK hynix and SK Telecom will leverage Nvidia's ( NVDA ) technologies to accelerate chip design, create fab digital twins, and develop AI models to improve productivity and manufacturing efficiency.

Nvidia ( NVDA ) and Samsung will jointly develop an AI-powered semiconductor factory, integrating Nvidia's ( NVDA ) accelerated computing and Samsung's chip manufacturing expertise, the company said.

The collaboration will utilize Nvidia's ( NVDA ) CUDA-X, Omniverse, and cuLitho platforms to accelerate design, production, and automation, setting a new benchmark for AI-driven manufacturing, the company added.