South Korea says Nvidia will keep its 260,000-GPU pledge after Jensen Huang's resignation - MLQ.ai
South Korea's science minister has confirmed that Nvidia will proceed with its pledge to supply 260,000 advanced GPUs despite the resignation of CEO Jensen Huang.
Bae Kyung-hoon, South Korea's science minister, said Nvidia had reaffirmed at the corporate level that the 260,000-GPU supply plan stands despite Huang's resignation.
The confirmation came in a social media post titled "Jensen Huang's Resignation, but the Cooperation Continues."
Bae said the ministry's second vice minister chaired a review meeting with Nvidia on Friday morning, and both sides agreed to push ahead with existing projects without disruption.
"Jensen Huang's Resignation, but the Cooperation Continues"
Nvidia has not issued its own statement on the Korea commitments since Huang stepped down on Nov. 12 and CFO Colette Kress became interim CEO.
The GPU supply plan was announced during Huang's visit for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings in Gyeongju in October 2025.
Government and corporate allocations
Samsung Electronics, SK Group and Hyundai Motor Group were each allotted about 50,000 Blackwell GPUs, and Naver Cloud 60,000 when the deal was announced.
The government's 50,000-GPU plan is being executed by procuring about 35,000 directly, with about 21,000 secured so far.
The remaining roughly 14,000 are scheduled for delivery by early 2027, with the figures counted in computing performance equivalent to Nvidia's B200.
A separate batch of about 15,000 GPUs is being secured through the planned National AI Computing Center.
These government chips are intended for AI research by companies, universities and institutes, as well as for policy projects including Korea's sovereign AI foundation model.
Continued collaboration
Bae listed the joint work that continues: linking Korean-made AI chips to Nvidia's platform through NVLink, building AI computing infrastructure, joint research and talent training in physical AI, and efforts to bring Nvidia's GTC developer conference to Korea.
Nvidia, SK Telecom and chip designer Rebellions agreed earlier this month to pair Korean NPUs with Nvidia GPUs.
Bae said the ministry will keep monitoring GPU supply and demand in the public and private sectors.
Nvidia reports quarterly results on Nov. 17, its first since Huang's exit.
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