Samsung SDS has formed a strategic partnership with Google Cloud to step up its push into the artificial intelligence, cloud and security markets.
Samsung SDS said it formally announced the expanded cooperation with Google Cloud at “Google Cloud Next 2026” in Las Vegas on April 23 (local time April 22). The companies plan to work mainly in generative AI and cloud services and to jointly identify new business opportunities in highly regulated, high-security industries such as the public sector and finance.
A central focus is strengthening capabilities for high-security environments. Samsung SDS plans to use Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) to target industries with demanding requirements, including local data processing, regulatory compliance and ultra-low latency. The company said it aims to accelerate cloud adoption in regulated sectors such as government and finance.
In AI, Samsung SDS said it is exploring ways to combine Google’s “Gemini Enterprise” with its Samsung Cloud Platform (SCP) to provide integrated agentic AI-based solutions to corporate customers, supporting companies’ AI transformation (AX).
Samsung SDS also said it will expand its cloud business model by strengthening its managed service provider (MSP) business, combining Google Cloud Platform (GCP) with its own cloud and industry expertise to jointly pursue the market.
The partnership also includes security cooperation. The companies plan to combine Google’s cloud security solution “Wiz” with Samsung SDS’ security and managed service capabilities to improve proactive threat response and raise cloud security levels.
Ruth Sun, president of Google Cloud Korea, said, “Expanding our partnership with Samsung SDS will be a turning point for innovation in global regulated industries, based on agentic AI and sovereign cloud capabilities,” adding, “By combining our strengths, we will deliver secure and scalable next-generation enterprise intelligence.”
Lee Ho-jun, executive vice president and head of Samsung SDS’ Cloud Service Business Division, said, “Through this cooperation, we will build AI and cloud environments centered on high-security and regulated industries and support companies’ AI transformation,” adding, “We will continue to expand AX innovation across a wide range of industries.”
* This article has been translated by AI.
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