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Samsung Six Affiliates Invest $1 Billion in U.S. AI Infrastructure Company Helix
Samsung Electronics $500 Million, Remaining Five Affiliates $500 Million; Founding Investors Include KKR, Nvidia, and Vistra
Six Samsung affiliates, including Samsung Electronics, are jointly investing a total of $1 billion in a U.S. AI infrastructure company. This is a structure in which each affiliate consolidates its expertise in semiconductors, construction, IT services, batteries, and finance to directly participate in the AI data center ecosystem.
Samsung Electronics, Samsung C&T, Samsung SDS, Samsung SDI, Samsung Life Insurance, and Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance announced on the 29th that the six affiliates have decided to invest a total of $1 billion in Helix Digital Infrastructure, an AI infrastructure company established by global investment firm KKR.
Samsung Electronics will invest $500 million, while the remaining five affiliates will jointly invest $500 million.
Samsung affiliates have been named as founding investors alongside KKR, Nvidia, U.S. power company Vistra, and the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) in Helix.
Helix, which announced its launch in June 2026, provides integrated AI-related infrastructure including △hyperscale data center development and operation △power generation (baseload and flexible power sources) △transmission and distribution infrastructure △optical communication networks and network infrastructure.
It is led by Adam Selipsky, former CEO of Amazon Web Services (AWS), and can also leverage the expertise of some 170 dedicated infrastructure professionals from KKR.
The strategy is to utilize the partnership with Vistra, a founding investor, to secure power supply, which is identified as a major bottleneck in AI infrastructure.
Samsung affiliates plan to progressively expand business cooperation with Helix following this investment.
Samsung Electronics' DS Division will support AI infrastructure construction through semiconductor product supply, while the DX Division will supply cooling solutions ranging from air cooling to liquid cooling distribution units (CDU) through Flakt Group, a data center air conditioning subsidiary acquired in 2025.
Flakt Group operates 14 production facilities worldwide and has a supply and service network across 65 countries.
Samsung C&T's Construction Division will pursue large-scale infrastructure projects as an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) provider in the data center and power generation sectors, while Samsung SDS is expanding its business scope to GPU cloud service (GPUaaS) in addition to data center design, construction, and operation.
Samsung SDI stated it is exploring additional business opportunities in uninterruptible power supply (UPS) and battery backup unit (BBU) sectors.
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