Samsung Electronics and five of its affiliates announced Tuesday they would jointly put $1 billion into Helix Digital Infrastructure, an AI infrastructure firm that KKR created and Nvidia has backed.
Of the $1 billion total, Samsung Electronics is contributing $500 million, with the remaining amount split among Samsung C&T, Samsung SDS, Samsung SDI, Samsung Life Insurance, and Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, Samsung said. KKR, the Kuwait Investment Authority, Nvidia, and U.S. power company Vistra are also founding investors in Helix.
Helix, which got off the ground in June 2026, is built to serve the full stack of AI infrastructure needs, spanning hyperscale data center development and operations, power generation, transmission and distribution, and fiber-optic networks. The company is led by Adam Selipsky, the former CEO of Amazon Web Services. Before Samsung's involvement, Helix had already secured upward of $10 billion in committed capital, according to CNBC .
Samsung said the deal positions the group to expand beyond its traditional role as a hardware component supplier into a broader role in the global AI infrastructure ecosystem. Each affiliate brings distinct capabilities to the arrangement: Samsung Electronics supplies semiconductors and data center cooling systems, Samsung C&T handles engineering and construction work for data centers and power generation, Samsung SDS designs and operates data centers and has entered the GPU-as-a-Service business, and Samsung SDI contributes battery and uninterruptible power supply technology.
Samsung Electronics shares gained 2.13% on Tuesday, even as the broader Kospi benchmark slipped 0.53%.
When KKR unveiled Helix in June , it said Helix was open to additional institutional investors following the close of its founding commitments. Selipsky co-founded Helix alongside KKR's global head of digital infrastructure, Waldemar Szlezak, who serves as chief investment officer.
Nvidia's role extends beyond equity: the company serves as a strategic partner supporting deployment of its AI factory-aligned infrastructure. Vistra, which has executed more than 5,000 megawatts of power purchase agreements with hyperscalers, is the preferred power provider for Helix investments.
Samsung said the deal aims to speed up AI data center expansion around the world with Helix while strengthening ties among the companies involved.
