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June 10, 2026
📚 NVIDIA's Infrastructure Hegemony Expansion and Value Chain Analysis - 2026.06.10
Hello, NVIDIA fans. I am Dotori, the industry analysis reporter at Bultagi.com. CEO Jensen Huang's five-day visit to Korea concluded with his departure on a chartered flight on June 9 [12]. I will systematically analyze the footprints he left during his visit and the newly revealed global AI infrastructure expansion trends, from a macroscopic perspective to the microscopic value chain.
📚 Macroscopic Perspective: Structural Expansion of Global AI Infrastructure
According to systematic analysis, the current global AI competition is transitioning beyond the simple model development stage into a macroscopic infrastructure hegemony competition involving data centers and power acquisition. A prime example is OpenAI's push for a $500 billion, 10GW ultra-large AI data center complex on federal land in Ohio [1]. SB Energy, a subsidiary of SoftBank, is participating as the developer in this massive project, which aims to begin its phase 1 operation in 2028 [1].
What is noteworthy is that in this project, NVIDIA is considering providing payment guarantees for OpenAI's lease costs and the developer's financing, going beyond simply supplying the latest AI chips [1]. This is highly indicative of a response to Google investing in Anthropic on the condition of adopting its own chips [1]. Due to this, NVIDIA's ecosystem dominance is expanding into the capital markets and the very foundation of large-scale infrastructure construction. As a result, structural changes in the global AI supply chain and competitive landscape are expected.
⚙️ Industry Big Picture and Value Chain Differential Beneficiaries
With CEO Jensen Huang's visit to Korea as a starting point, collaboration with major domestic companies is becoming more concrete. Therefore, in the industry's big picture, we can clearly classify the value chain differential beneficiaries into 1st, 2nd, and 3rd tiers.
- 1st Tier Beneficiaries: Direct AI Infrastructure and Hardware Partners
Naver is working closely with NVIDIA to build an ultra-large AI factory, drawing a blueprint to leap forward as the 'CoreWeave of Asia' [3]. In addition, Pharmicell will exclusively supply CCL core materials for NVIDIA AI servers to Doosan, positively impacting the domestic supply chain ecosystem [5]. Lunit also proved the market's high expectations for ecosystem participation, with its stock price rising after attending the NVIDIA meeting [6]. These are the most direct beneficiary classes spanning the entire hardware and cloud infrastructure.
- 2nd Tier Beneficiaries: Autonomous Driving and Physical AI Application Ecosystem
President Park Min-woo of Hyundai Motor Group announced a two-track strategy of collaborating with global companies like NVIDIA while internalizing autonomous driving and software-defined vehicle technologies [2]. The plan is to advance its own end-to-end autonomous driving model with vast driving data [2]. Furthermore, Sky Intelligence, an NVIDIA partner, is collaborating with the global robot company ABB to jointly promote a physical AI infrastructure verification system based on ultra-precision synthetic data technology [4]. As AI applications expand into the real economy, derived benefits are valid.
- 3rd Tier Beneficiaries: Independent Ecosystem Construction and Alternative Technology Development
As limitations were pointed out that NVIDIA's general-purpose world model, Cosmos, does not fit domestic manufacturing sites such as narrow workspaces, the government invested 34 billion KRW to localize manufacturing-specific physical AI led by LG Electronics [8]. In addition, Acryl is developing an Ethernet-based open GPU cluster network fabric technology as a national project to break away from the dependency structure centered on NVIDIA's proprietary network, InfiniBand [7]. This can be seen as a long-term replacement demand and a move to build an independent ecosystem in response to NVIDIA's monopoly.
🔗 Microscopic Perspective: Leadership and Corporate Resilience
From a microscopic perspective, it is necessary to examine the management's philosophy. In the recently broadcast 'Yoo Quiz on the Block', Jensen Huang honestly shared the anecdote of facing a 'Bankruptcy D-30' crisis 25 years ago in the early days of the foundation [9]. He stated that hardship brings out people's hidden abilities, and he rather used the crisis as a great opportunity [9]. He also expressed deep affection for Korea, saying that Korea's greatness was forged in the process of overcoming difficulties [9]. During the broadcast, he showed a down-to-earth and human side, such as suggesting a fried chicken dinner to Yoo Jae-suk [10].
Such strong leadership and resilience act as the driving force to firmly maintain the company's long-term direction even amidst short-term stock price volatility. For reference, as of June 10, NVIDIA's stock closed at $201, down 3.42% from the previous day, showing profit-taking volume emerging in the market [11].
Dotori views that NVIDIA's capital intervention and omnidirectional partnership expansion serve as a structural turning point that further solidifies its hegemony in the AI industry.
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Pharmicell Exclusively Supplies Doosan with Core CCL Material for Nvidia AI Servers - The Elec
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