LG, Microsoft step up AI partnership across data centers, physical AI

LG Chairman Koo Kwang-mo has taken the group’s relationship with Microsoft to a new level, agreeing with CEO Satya Nadella on a broader artificial intelligence partnership spanning data-center infrastructure, workplace AI and physical AI.

The agreement came as two LG affiliates joined Nvidia’s newly launched AI factory supplier program on the same day.

Koo met Nadella on Monday at Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington, in what was their first meeting, according to LG. Senior executives from LG Electronics, LG Uplus, LG CNS and LG Sciencepark also attended, signaling a group-level approach to businesses that…