NAVER and NVIDIA Join Forces to Build Gigawatt-Scale AI Factory, Forming AI Infrastructure Alliance Spanning Asia, the Middle East and Europe
NAVER and NVIDIA Join Forces to Build Gigawatt-Scale AI Factory, Forming AI Infrastructure Alliance Spanning Asia, the Middle East and Europe
NAVER and NVIDIA Join Forces to Build Gigawatt-Scale AI Factory, Forming AI Infrastructure Alliance Spanning Asia, the Middle East and Europe
- Initial 55 MW operations to begin in 2027, with expansion planned to at least four times the scale of GAK Sejong, Korea’s largest hyperscale data center
- NAVER to participate as a key global partner sharing both business risks and outcomes
- NVIDIA technology to be integrated with NAVER’s large-scale in-house GPU cluster capabilities, scaling NAVER’s AI infrastructure capabilities globally
June 8, 2026
NAVER, led by CEO Choi Soo-yeon, has reached a major agreement with NVIDIA to jointly pursue the development of a gigawatt-scale global AI factory.
The alliance goes beyond a conventional technology partnership. It is an integrated partnership spanning the full value chain, from identifying global demand to capital collaboration. NAVER will participate as a key global partner, sharing responsibility for both the risks and outcomes of the business. To capture surging global demand for AI, the two companies plan to move quickly on a hyperscale AI factory that will set a new standard for global AI infrastructure, beginning with an initial 55 MW phase in 2027.
** 1 GW is approximately four times the maximum capacity of GAK Sejong, Korea’s largest hyperscale data center operated by NAVER, and represents a scale capable of accommodating hundreds of thousands of NVIDIA’s latest GPUs at once.
Lee Haejin, Founder & Chairman of the Board, and NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang will meet today at NAVER’s 1784 headquarters to discuss a detailed roadmap for the joint initiative and specific areas of cooperation for entering global markets together. The two companies have already aligned on a direction to jointly secure leadership in the AI infrastructure ecosystem not only across the Asia-Pacific region, but also in Europe and the Middle East.
NAVER will first use GAK Sejong, its core hyperscale data center hub, as a strategic launchpad. Starting with 55 MW of operations in the first half of 2027, the company plans to expand its overseas infrastructure capacity to 100 MW within the same year and to 200 MW by 2028, absorbing global demand along the way. This is part of a phased roadmap ultimately aimed at building gigawatt-scale infrastructure capable of dominating the market.
The two companies will also further deepen their technical integration across all areas. NAVER’s uniquely accumulated capabilities in building and operating large-scale in-house GPU clusters, together with its hyperscale data center expertise, will be fully integrated with DSX, NVIDIA’s next-generation high-performance infrastructure platform. Through this collaboration, the companies aim to maximize data center operational efficiency and significantly improve commercial viability. They will also begin full-scale next-generation technology collaboration in spatial intelligence, including the development of a “Seoul World Model” using NAVER’s proprietary spatial modeling and street-view data with Cosmos, NVIDIA’s world foundation model.
NAVER recently became the first Korean company to join the NVIDIA Nemotron Coalition, which brings together 12 top-tier global AI companies including Cursor, Mistral AI and Perplexity. Building on this participation, NAVER is accelerating efforts to enhance HyperCLOVA X’s performance and expand its global applicability by combining the outcomes of Nemotron’s joint technology development with NAVER’s proprietary data and accumulated training expertise.
“We are deeply encouraged that this alliance will allow us to present a concrete option for regions and countries around the world to build sovereign AI capabilities of their own,” said Lee Haejin, Founder & Chairman of the Board. “This collaboration is also highly meaningful in that it creates an opportunity for NAVER’s competitive technology infrastructure to take its next major step into the global market.” (End)
