Samsung Electronics and five other Samsung affiliates are investing a combined $1 billion in Helix Digital Infrastructure, an AI infrastructure company established by global investment firm KKR.
The investment involves Samsung Electronics, Samsung C&T, Samsung SDS, Samsung SDI, Samsung Life Insurance, and Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance. Helix was launched in June 2026 to provide infrastructure designed to support the rapidly growing demand for artificial intelligence.
The company focuses on the infrastructure needed to operate large-scale AI systems, including hyperscale data centers, power generation, electricity transmission and distribution, and fiber-optic networks. Helix aims to help hyperscale companies secure the large amounts of computing and energy infrastructure required to keep up with growing AI workloads.
Helix is led by Adam Selipsky, the former CEO of Amazon Web Services, and is building a management team with experience across the data center and power industries. The company also draws on KKR’s global infrastructure business, which has around 170 dedicated professionals.
Samsung is joining KKR, the Kuwait Investment Authority, NVIDIA, and US power company Vistra as founding investors in Helix.
AI data centers are increasingly becoming more than facilities for housing servers as demand grows for services such as GPU-as-a-Service, Sovereign AI, and colocation. Their expansion is also creating demand across industries including power generation, cooling systems, semiconductors, and finance.
Samsung says securing both computing capacity and reliable power has become increasingly important as AI workloads expand. Helix plans to increase energy capacity through direct investments and partnerships with major energy developers, including Vistra.
The investment also allows Samsung affiliates to use their existing expertise across semiconductors, cooling, construction, IT services, and energy storage as AI infrastructure expands globally.
Samsung Electronics’ Device Solutions division provides semiconductor technologies for AI infrastructure, while its Device eXperience division supplies data center cooling systems through FläktGroup, the HVAC specialist it acquired in 2025. FläktGroup operates 14 production sites and has a supply and service network covering 65 countries.
Samsung C&T’s Engineering & Construction Group works on large-scale data center and power projects as an engineering, procurement, and construction contractor. Samsung SDS provides IT services and designs, builds, and operates data centers while also expanding into GPU-as-a-Service.
Samsung SDI supplies uninterruptible power supply and battery backup technologies used to keep data centers operating continuously. The company plans to explore additional opportunities in high-output and high-capacity battery systems for data center infrastructure.
Through the Helix investment, Samsung and its affiliates aim to accelerate the development of AI data centers around the world while combining their expertise with Helix and its other investors.
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