Samsung Affiliates Invest $1 Billion in Helix

Six major Samsung-affiliated companies, including Samsung Electronics, Samsung C&T, Samsung SDS, Samsung SDI, Samsung Life Insurance, and Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, have collectively pledged $1 billion to establish 'Helix Digital Infrastructure'. This investment aims to create a global AI infrastructure, a company founded by the prominent US investment firm KKR.

Launched in June 2026, Helix is tasked with providing essential infrastructure for AI operations, encompassing power generation, distribution, optical communication networks, and hyper-scale data center development and management.

Adam Selipsky, a former CEO of Amazon Web Services (AWS), is leading the management team, leveraging the expertise of approximately 170 infrastructure experts from KKR. The investment is a strategic response to the evolving nature of AI data centers, transitioning from simple facilities to core platforms integrating GPU cloud services (GPUaaS) and sovereign AI.

With the growing demand for AI services, Helix focuses on quickly securing power sources, a critical bottleneck in infrastructure development, through a partnership with Vistra, a US power company that shares the investment.

This $1 billion investment not only expands Samsung's role from a mere component supplier to a direct participant in building the infrastructure ecosystem. Samsung Electronics' DS division, known for its cutting-edge semiconductor products, and DX division, providing advanced cooling solutions, will collaborate with Helix. Samsung C&T's construction division will manage projects as an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractor in data centers and power generation, while Samsung SDS will integrate its data center operation expertise with GPUaaS business.

Samsung SDI intends to explore new business opportunities using its world-class technology in essential data center equipment like uninterruptible power supply (UPS) and battery backup units (BBU).