The Korean firms said they will scale production in order to meet OpenAI’s growing demand for memory chips needed to power its compute-hungry AI models. OpenAI said it expects to need as many as 900,000 semiconductor wafers each month from the two firms.

OpenAI said it is also in talks with the companies to open two AI data centers in South Korea. Samsung said it would also explore the possibility of floating data centers, which it says could cut costs and reduce carbon emissions.

The partnerships are the latest in a series of strategic moves for OpenAI as it secures compute, power, and cash for its AI projects. Last month, Nvidia said it will be investing up to $100 billion in the company as it scales.