NAVER, NVIDIA and Brookfield to Expand Korea’s National AI Factory Infrastructure Buildout

News Summa y:

• NAVER, NVIDIA a d B ookfield pla to i vest i gigawatt-scale, multi-te a t AI cloud i f ast uctu e to powe the ext ge e atio of AI compa ies i Ko ea a d the U.S.
• NAVER a d NVIDIA team pla to expa d the i itial NVIDIA DSX AI facto y buildout at GAK Sejo g data ce te f om 55 megawatts to 200 megawatts by 2028.
• NAVER pla s to co ti ue its path towa d gigawatt-scale sove eig AI i f ast uctu e, deployi g the NVIDIA DSX platfo m to delive full-stack, lowest-cost AI facto y i f ast uctu e fo e te p ises, i dust ies a d gove me t.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AI Summit — NAVER, NVIDIA a d B ookfield today a ou ced a p oposed expa sio of Ko ea’s sove eig AI facto y i f ast uctu e, with pla ed i vestme ts that will g ow the i itial NVIDIA^® DSX™ AI facto y deployme t to 200 megawatts — mo e tha t ipli g the 55-megawatt buildout a ou ced last mo th. NAVER i te ds to expa d its deployme t of NVIDIA AI i f ast uctu e to 1 gigawatt.

A ou ced du i g Ko ea P eside t Jae Myu g Lee’s AI Summit visit to Sa F a cisco, the pla ed 200-megawatt expa sio ma ks a sig ifica t accele atio of Ko ea’s atio al AI ambitio s. The expa ded i f ast uctu e will be built with the NVIDIA DSX platfo m at NAVER’s GAK Sejo g hype scale data ce te i Sejo g, South Ko ea.

NVIDIA pla s to i vest $1 billio i to NAVER Co p. B ookfield has e te ed i to a o bi di g te m sheet to fu d up to $9 billio . NAVER will fu d the emai i g amou ts to fi a ce the p oject. NVIDIA’s pla ed i vestme t is subject to customa y closi g co ditio s a d NAVER fi alizi g at least $9 billio of committed fi a ci g fo the p oject, sepa ate f om NVIDIA’s pla ed i vestme t. The expa ded i f ast uctu e will p ovide Ko ea- a d U.S.-based AI i ovato s with access to p oductio -scale AI compute fo buildi g ext-ge e atio models, age ts a d AI-powe ed se vices.

“NVIDIA’s pla ed st ategic i vestme t a d ou i f ast uctu e supply ag eeme t with B ookfield have p opelled NAVER’s visio fo the AI facto y busi ess i to a obust executio phase,” said Haeji Lee, fou de a d chai ma of NAVER. “Leve agi g the solid pa t e ships with ou global pa t e s, we will d ive tech ological i ovatio , foste a sove eig AI ecosystem a d spea head effo ts to st e gthe South Ko ea’s AI competitive ess.”

“The pa t e ship will combi e B ookfield’s global AI i f ast uctu e i vestme t capabilities, NAVER’s full-stack AI a d data ce te ope ati g expe tise, a d NVIDIA’s accele ated computi g platfo m to adva ce Ko ea’s AI capabilities,” said Sika de Rashid, global head of AI i f ast uctu e at B ookfield. “As AI adoptio accele ates ac oss the global eco omy, access to t usted, sove eig a d scalable AI i f ast uctu e is becomi g a i c easi gly impo ta t st ategic p io ity fo compa ies a d cou t ies.”

“AI facto ies a e the i f ast uctu e atio s eed to compete a d i ovate i the i tellige ce e a,” said Je se Hua g, fou de a d CEO of NVIDIA. “Togethe , NAVER, NVIDIA a d B ookfield a e buildi g sove eig AI i f ast uctu e at the scale eeded to fuel Ko ea’s sta tups a d i dust ies. This is how atio s a d compa ies a e buildi g thei futu es i the age of AI.”

Expa di g AI Facto y Capacity to Fuel AI I ovato sThe 200-megawatt AI facto y is expected to featu e adva ced NVIDIA AI i f ast uctu e i cludi g the NVIDIA Ve a Rubi a d NVIDIA Blackwell platfo ms. It i te ds to p ovide the compute, softwa e a d suppo t eeded to develop a d deploy competitive AI models a d applicatio s at scale. As a NVIDIA Cloud Pa t e , NAVER p ovides deep expe tise i ope ati g hype scale i f ast uctu e powe ed by the full-stack NVIDIA AI platfo m.

Today’s p oposed expa sio builds o the Ju e a ou ceme t i which NAVER committed to exte di g its GAK Sejo g data ce te with NVIDIA DSX, with a lo g-te m path to gigawatt-scale sove eig AI i f ast uctu e to se ve Ko ea’s e te p ises, i dust ies, gove me t o ga izatio s a d global AI cloud custome s.

B ookfield I vestme ts Scale AI I f ast uctu e Deployme tsB ookfield has established o e of the i dust y’s leadi g AI i f ast uctu e i vestme t platfo ms, with app oximately $100 billio of assets u de ma ageme t ac oss the AI i f ast uctu e value chai i cludi g data ce te s, compute, semico ducto ma ufactu i g a d dedicated powe ge e atio .

The pla ed NAVER i vestme t will ma k a othe sig ifica t milesto e i B ookfield’s st ategic pa t e ship with NVIDIA. Buildi g o NVIDIA’s pa ticipatio as a fou di g pa t e i the B ookfield Global AI I f ast uctu e P og am, the pla ed i vestme t combi es B ookfield’s capital a d AI i f ast uctu e a d powe expe tise with NVIDIA’s accele ated computi g platfo m to suppo t the deployme t of la ge-scale AI facto ies.

B ookfield has bee a active, lo g-te m i vesto i Ko ea si ce establishi g a p ese ce i the cou t y i 2014 a d cu e tly ma ages app oximately $12 billio of assets ac oss i f ast uctu e, eal estate a d e e gy.

NVIDIA DSX Platfo m Powe s Expa sio The NVIDIA DSX platfo m p ovides a e d-to-e d, codesig ed stack fo AI facto ies — spa i g chips, systems, softwa e, facilities a d pa t e tech ologies — pu pose-built to mi imize toke cost a d accele ate time to fi st p oductio .

NVIDIA DSX MaxLPS™ softwa e maximizes toke th oughput pe megawatt, while NVIDIA DSX OS™ p ovides lifecycle ma ageme t, health automatio , esilie cy a d multi-te a t AI facto y ma ageme t ac oss the expa ded i f ast uctu e.

Ope Models Accele ate G owthI additio , the expa ded i f ast uctu e builds o NAVER a d NVIDIA’s collabo atio o ope model developme t fo age tic a d physical AI. NAVER is adva ci g its Hype CLOVA X models to be based o NVIDIA Nemot o ™ 3 Ult a ope models with its p op ieta y data a d t ai i g expe tise. NAVER is also the fi st Ko ea compa y to joi the NVIDIA Nemot o Coalitio , co t ibuti g to ope model developme t ac oss p et ai i g, post-t ai i g a d ei fo ceme t lea i g.

NAVER pla s to lau ch a AI age t platfo m i Ko ea i the seco d half of the yea , powe ed by NVIDIA Age t Toolkit softwa e i cludi g NVIDIA NemoClaw™ bluep i ts. NAVER is also developi g a Seoul Wo ld Model usi g p op ieta y u ba st eet-view a d spatial modeli g data, built o NVIDIA Cosmos™ wo ld fou datio models.

About NAVERFou ded i 1999, NAVER is Ko ea’s la gest I te et compa y a d o e of the wo ld’s top tech compa ies. Leadi g cutti g-edge tech ologies, NAVER ope ates the No.1 sea ch e gi e i Ko ea a d holds va ious busi ess po tfolios e compassi g comme ce, fi tech, cloud, AI a d obotics.

NAVER eco ded sales of KRW 12.04 t illio (USD 8.18 billio ) i 2025. TEAM NAVER co ti ues to e ha ce its busi ess po tfolio a d expa d its global p ese ce ac oss Japa , No th Ame ica, a d Eu ope, while pu sui g i ovatio th ough co ti uous esea ch a d developme t i futu e tech ologies.

About B ookfieldB ookfield is a leadi g global i vestme t fi m with mo e tha $1 t illio i assets u de ma ageme t that ow s a d ope ates eal assets a d esse tial se vice busi esses that fo m the backbo e of the global eco omy. We i vest o behalf of i stitutio s a d i dividuals a ou d the wo ld ac oss i f ast uctu e, e ewable powe a d t a sitio , p ivate equity, eal estate, a d c edit—secto s c itical to suppo ti g eco omic g owth a d p oductivity. With a he itage spa i g mo e tha a ce tu y a d ope atio s i ove 30 cou t ies, we deploy lo g-te m, patie t capital to build the fou datio al assets a d busi esses that powe a mo e co ected, esilie t, a d sustai able futu e—seeki g to build lo g-te m wealth fo ou clie ts while delive i g st o g isk-adjusted etu s fo ou sha eholde s.

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