Nvidia, Rebellions and SK Telecom team up on Korean sovereign AI

Nvidia, Korean chip startup Rebellions and SK Telecom announced a collaboration on Monday to build South Korea's sovereign AI infrastructure, linking Rebellions' next generation R200 processors into Nvidia's data centre platform through NVLink Fusion, with systems expected to be ready for deployment in 2028.

Why it matters: The deal puts a Korean designed inference chip inside Nvidia's dominant data centre ecosystem rather than outside it, and gives SK Telecom a domestic processor for the AI data centres at the centre of South Korea's government backed sovereign AI programme.

Data as of PakTechStan report of November 9, 2026, read in full in this run, reporting the announcement made at Nvidia AI Day Seoul 2026; the Investing.com version of the announcement report was blocked to this reader, so this item rests on the one full text read, with the headline corroborated by Tech in Asia and other outlets in the feed pool. No financial terms were disclosed. Developing item.

Nvidia, Rebellions and SK Telecom announced on Monday at Nvidia AI Day in Seoul a collaboration to build South Korea’s sovereign AI infrastructure, backed by the country’s Ministry of Science and ICT. Rebellions will use Nvidia’s NVLink Fusion interconnect to connect its next generation R200 neural processing units to Nvidia’s platform for rack scale inference, building systems on Nvidia’s MGX rack architecture, and SK Telecom plans to deploy the systems in its AI data centres to deliver sovereign AI services, including under the national AI for All project.

Rebellions’ R200 systems are expected to be ready for deployment in 2028, and its current ATOM-Max chips already run inside several SK Telecom services. No financial terms were disclosed for Monday’s announcement, and the companies gave no purchase commitments or deployment dates beyond the 2028 target for the R200 systems.

Nvidia, Rebellions and SK Telecom team up on Korean sovereign AI

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