LG Electronics is accelerating its robotics collaboration with NVIDIA, hosting senior NVIDIA officials at the Data Factory under construction at its Yangjae R&D Campus in Seoul, according to an August 18 announcement from the Korean giant.
From Santa Clara MoU To Seoul Site Visit
The visit follows the LG Group–NVIDIA memorandum of understanding signed at NVIDIA's Santa Clara headquarters on August 13, which set out strategic collaboration across future business initiatives including agentic AI, physical AI and the sovereign compute stack. LG said executives from the two companies used the Yangjae tour to review the direction of that collaboration and identify additional synergies across LG's home appliance, mobility and enterprise AI portfolios.
The Data Factory As A Physical AI Backbone
LG's Data Factory is being built as an on-premises AI infrastructure hub that trains and orchestrates the models powering the company's home robots, service robots and appliance intelligence. Pairing it with NVIDIA's Isaac GR00T humanoid foundation stack and Cosmos world foundation models is expected to shorten the sim-to-real cycle for LG's next-generation household and industrial robots, including its CLOi service platform.
Korea's Robotics Push Gains An Anchor Partner
The tighter coupling with NVIDIA lands as Korean groups race to secure sovereign AI compute for physical AI ambitions. Samsung has quietly fast-tracked an in-house humanoid, Samsung SDI is spending 25 trillion won on next-generation batteries, and SK Hynix is expanding HBM output. For LG, the Data Factory tour signals that its own humanoid and appliance AI roadmaps will run on a jointly designed compute-and-model stack, not a bolted-on GPU supply deal.
Neither company disclosed a spend figure or specific product launch date. LG said additional details would follow as engineering workstreams tied to the MoU are formalized.
Reporting based on coverage from PR Newswire, Manila Times and LG statements dated August 18, 2026.