---
type: "Evidence Item"
title: "Samsung and SK join OpenAI’s Stargate initiative to advance global AI infrastructure"
description: "Samsung and SK join OpenAI’s Stargate initiative to expand global AI infrastructure, scaling advanced memory chip production and building next-gen data centers in Korea."
resource: "https://openai.com/index/samsung-and-sk-join-stargate"
tags: ["appendix-iii", "vendor", "openai"]
timestamp: "2025-10-01"
category: "vendor"
publisher: "OpenAI"
cope_score: 64
confidence: 0.9
---

# Samsung and SK join OpenAI’s Stargate initiative to advance global AI infrastructure

# Claim

Samsung and SK join OpenAI’s Stargate initiative to expand global AI infrastructure, scaling advanced memory chip production and building next-gen data centers in Korea.

# Relevance

Appendix III, section two: vendor threshold and platform capability evidence

# Oracle Verdict

This is a lower-to-mid strength vendor signal for the capability register. It does not prove displacement on its own, but it records another platform step that can later show up as workflow automation, procurement change, or organisational dependency.

# Metadata

* Publisher: OpenAI
* Category: vendor
* Sector: AI infrastructure
* Capability: Vendor platform capability signal
* Cope score: 64
* Confidence: 0.9

# Related Concepts

* [Live evidence index](index.md)
* [Thesis](../thesis.md)

# Citations

[1] [Samsung and SK join OpenAI’s Stargate initiative to advance global AI infrastructure](https://openai.com/index/samsung-and-sk-join-stargate)