United Kingdom, Oct. 2 -- Samsung and OpenAI have announced a wide-ranging partnership aimed at accelerating the development of global artfificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, with plans spanning semiconductors, data centers, and even floating platforms.

The agreement, confirmed through a letter of intent signed in Seoul, brings together multiple Samsung divisions - including Samsung Electronics, Samsung SDS, Samsung C+T, and Samsung Heavy Industries - alongside OpenAI.

Samsung Electronics will serve as OpenAI's strategic memory partner, supplying advanced semiconductor solutions for the company's Stargate project, a global AI data center initiative.

With OpenAI's demand for memory projected to reach nearly 900,000 DRAM wafers per...