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Flush with Cash, SK Hynix Spawns Mysteriously Named 'AI Co.'
SK hynix commits $10 billion to create a U.S.-based AI hub, restructuring its California subsidiary and targeting partnerships to boost AI data center ecosystem influence.
- SK Hynix said Wednesday it will set up a new U.S.-based AI Company, committing at least $10 billion after a forecast-beating fourth-quarter report.
- SK Hynix has emerged as a major AI player due to its leadership in high-bandwidth memory , and its U.S. expansion aligns with the Trump administration's semiconductor investment priorities.
- By restructuring its California-based Solidigm, SK Hynix said it will create the AI Company, deploying funds on a capital-call basis and planning strategic investments in U.S. companies.
- As a hub for SK Group, AI Co. will accelerate AI advancement in global markets and become a key partner in the AI data center ecosystem to expand South Korean industry.
- HBM's central role means SK Hynix supports a $3.87 billion Indiana packaging and R&D facility and a nearly $13 billion Korean packaging plant amid AI demand.
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[Digital Daily Reporter Ko Seong-hyeon] SK Hynix announced on the 28th that it is pursuing the establishment of an AI solutions company, "AI Company (tentative name, hereinafter referred to as AI Co.)," in the United States. SK Hynix stated, "Based on the competitiveness of AI memory technology proven through HBM and others, we will go beyond being a simple memory manufacturer and become a key partner in the AI data center ecosystem." "Through s…
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