OpenAI visited the business sites at Samsung Electronics' Pyeongtaek campus. After signing a letter of intent (LOI) with Samsung on the 1st for cooperation on Stargate, an artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure project, OpenAI is said to have moved to the Pyeongtaek campus to look around the business sites. Before pushing ahead with full-fledged cooperation, OpenAI reportedly confirmed the memory semiconductor production capacity of Samsung Electronics' Device Solutions (DS) division and held discussions on building data centers.
According to the industry on the 2nd, after signing an LOI the previous day with Samsung to expand global data centers, six core OpenAI research and development (R&D) officials visited the Samsung Electronics Pyeongtaek campus. OpenAI and Samsung officials are said to have taken a commemorative photo in the office building lobby and watched a company introduction video that captured Samsung Electronics' history and global leadership.
In the ensuing conversation, discussions were exchanged on the future direction of data center cooperation. The OpenAI group checked Samsung's memory semiconductor production capabilities on the production lines inside the Pyeongtaek campus. OpenAI officials encountered Samsung Electronics' diverse semiconductor technologies through an AI-related product portfolio including high bandwidth memory (HBM), GDDR, high-capacity DRAM, and solid-state drives (SSD).
The Pyeongtaek campus is a core production base that supports Samsung's No. 1 position in global DRAM production capacity. Market research firm Omdia analyzed that, as of 2025, the Pyeongtaek campus would account for 49% of Samsung Electronics' DRAM wafer output, and it is expected to increase to 53% next year.