South Korean President Lee Jae Myung convened an artificial intelligence summit in San Francisco on Friday, meeting with American technology executives and South Korean industrial leaders. During the event, President Lee introduced the "San Francisco AI Declaration," a document outlining a framework for technological cooperation between South Korea and the United States. Attendees included the chief executives of Nvidia, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Broadcom, alongside the leaders of Samsung Electronics, SK Group, Hyundai Motor Group, and Naver.
The summit served as a platform for several commercial announcements, including a partnership between Nvidia and SK Group to develop AI data centers and next-generation memory. SK Telecom announced plans for a 2-gigawatt data center scheduled to go online in 2027, which will utilize SK Hynix HBM4 memory chips. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei also confirmed at the summit that the startup has established supply agreements with Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix.
SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won stated that demand for memory chips from AI developers is currently exceeding previous projections. Chey noted that companies such as OpenAI and Broadcom have indicated a need for significant computing power and chip supplies in the coming years. The summit follows a recent South Korean government initiative to invest approximately $576 billion into semiconductor production clusters and AI infrastructure through partnerships with private industry.