Six Samsung Affiliates Invest $1 Billion in AI Infrastructure Company Helix
On September 29, 2026, Samsung Electronics, Samsung C&T, Samsung SDS, Samsung SDI, Samsung Life Insurance and Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance announced a combined investment of $1 billion in Helix, an AI infrastructure company founded by KKR. Samsung Electronics contributed $500 million, while the other five Samsung affiliates shared the remaining $500 million. The investment is equivalent to about 6.722 billion yuan at current exchange rates.
Helix is led by Adam Selipsky, former CEO of Amazon Web Services, and focuses on hyperscale data center development and operation, power generation (baseload and flexible energy), transmission and distribution infrastructure, and fiber-optic networks. Other founding investors include KKR, the Kuwait Investment Authority, NVIDIA and US power company Vistra.
Samsung Electronics' DS division can provide advanced semiconductor solutions for AI infrastructure, and its DX division includes HVAC company FläktGroup. Samsung C&T has capabilities in building data centers and power generation projects. Samsung SDS covers IT solutions, data center design, construction and operation, and GPU-as-a-service. Samsung SDI can supply UPS and BBU systems.
