Helix Digital Infrastructure and KKR have disclosed that Samsung is making a $1 billion commitment to Helix, the AI-focused digital infrastructure platform KKR launched in June. The commitment is being made through Samsung’s long-duration capital fund and is directed to Helix’s strategy of building and owning the physical infrastructure that underpins expanding AI use.
Helix was formed by KKR earlier this year as an AI infrastructure company designed to address the rising infrastructure needs of global hyperscale technology customers. At launch, the Helix strategy had already secured more than $10 billion in capital commitments from a group of founding investors that included KKR, the Kuwait Investment Authority, NVIDIA and Vistra. Samsung’s new investment is described as incremental to that initial capital base.
According to the announcement, the additional long-duration capital from Samsung is intended to support Helix’s program of investing in and delivering data centers, power, connectivity and related infrastructure. These assets are positioned as essential for meeting the growing infrastructure requirements tied to AI demand, particularly from hyperscalers that require large-scale, high-performance environments to operate and expand their platforms.
Adam Selipsky, CEO and co-founder of Helix, characterized Samsung’s commitment as reinforcing the Helix strategy and strengthening the long-term capital pool behind it. He noted that Samsung, described as one of the world’s leading technology companies, brings capabilities that Helix expects will support both the platform and its customer base.
Selipsky also highlighted that the relationship with Samsung is expected to help accelerate the rollout of next-generation digital infrastructure for hyperscale clients globally. The focus remains on assembling and operating the combination of data center capacity, power solutions and connectivity that are necessary to sustain AI-driven workloads at scale.
The announcement underscores that Helix is centered on AI infrastructure and that it is backed by a consortium of large institutional and strategic investors, including KKR and sovereign, technology and energy-related capital. Samsung’s contribution, via its long-duration capital fund, is portrayed as further anchoring the platform with patient capital aligned to the long time horizons typically associated with large-scale digital infrastructure.
