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 staff pla to expa d the i itial NVIDIA DSX AI facto y buildout at GAK Sejo g information 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 mud ies a d gove me t.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AISummit — NAVER, NVIDIA a d B ookfield in the present day 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 can 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 final 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 go to 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 shall be constructed with the NVIDIA DSX platfo m at NAVER’s GAK Sejo g hype scale information 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 as much as $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 topic to customa y closi g co ditio s a d NAVER fi alizi g at the very least $9 billio of dedicated 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 entry to p oductio -scale AI compute fo buildi g ext-ge e atio fashions, 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 provide ag eeme t with B ookfield have p opelled NAVER’s visio fo the AI facto y busi ess i to a obust executio part,” stated Haeji Lee, fou de a d chai ma of NAVER. “Leve agi g the strong pa t e ships with ou world pa t e s, we are going to 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 aggressive ess.”
“The pa t e ship will combi e B ookfield’s world AI i f ast uctu e i vestme t capabilities, NAVER’s full-stack AI a d information 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,” stated Sika de Rashid, world head of AI i f ast uctu e at B ookfield. “As AI adoptio accele ates ac oss the worldwide eco omy, entry 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,” stated 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 on the scale eeded to gasoline Ko ea’s sta tups a d i mud ies. That 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 Capability to Gasoline AI I ovato sThe 200-megawatt AI facto y is predicted 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 aggressive AI fashions 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.
As we speak’s p oposed expa sio builds o the Ju e a ou ceme t i which NAVER dedicated to exte di g its GAK Sejo g information 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 mud ies, gove me t o ga izatio s a d world 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 mud y’s leadi g AI i f ast uctu e i vestme t platfo ms, with app oximately $100 billio of property u de ma ageme t ac oss the AI i f ast uctu e worth chai i cludi g information ce te s, compute, semico ducto ma ufactu i g a d devoted powe ge e atio .
The pla ed NAVER i vestme t will ma ok 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 International 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 los angeles ge-scale AI facto ies.
B ookfield has bee a energetic, 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 property ac oss i f ast uctu e, eal property 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, programs, softwa e, services a d pa t e tech ologies — pu pose-built to mi imize toke price a d accele ate time to fi st p oductio .
NVIDIA DSX MaxLPS™ softwa e maximizes toke th oughput pe megawatt, whereas NVIDIA DSX OS™ p ovides lifecycle ma ageme t, well being 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 Fashions Accele ate G owthI additio , the expa ded i f ast uctu e builds o NAVER a d NVIDIA’s collabo atio o ope mannequin developme t fo age tic a d bodily AI. NAVER is adva ci g its Hype CLOVA X fashions to be primarily based o NVIDIA Nemot o ™ 3 Ult a ope fashions with its p op ieta y information a d t ai i g expe tise. NAVER can also be the fi st Ko ea compa y to joi the NVIDIA Nemot o Coalitio , co t ibuti g to ope mannequin 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 can also be developi g a Seoul Wo ld Mannequin usi g p op ieta y u ba st eet-view a d spatial modeli g information, constructed o NVIDIA Cosmos™ wo ld fou datio fashions.
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 prime 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 gross 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 world p ese ce ac oss Japa , No th Ame ica, a d Eu ope, whereas 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 world i vestme t fi m with mo e tha $1 t illio i property u de ma ageme t that ow s a d ope ates eal property a d esse tial se vice busi esses that fo m the backbo e of the worldwide 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 fairness, eal property, 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 construct the fou datio al property a d busi esses that powe a mo e co ected, esilie t, a d sustai ready futu e—seeki g to construct lo g-te m wealth fo ou clie ts whereas delive i g st o g isk-adjusted etu s fo ou sha eholde s.
About NVIDIANVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) is the wo ld leade i AI a d accele ated computi g.
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NAVER Fo wa d-Looki g Stateme tsThis p ess elease co tai s fo wa d-looki g stateme ts ega di g the NAVER’s futu e pla s, outlook, a d i itiatives, as of the date of this elease. Precise esults a d outcomes might diffe mate ially depe di g o futu e cha ges i ma ket co ditio s a d busi ess ci cumsta ces.
NVIDIA Fo wa d-Looki g Stateme tsCe tai stateme ts i this p ess elease i cludi g, however ot restricted to, stateme ts as to: togethe , NAVER, B ookfield a d NVIDIA buildi g sove eig AI i f ast uctu e on the scale eeded to gasoline Ko ea’s sta tups a d i mud ies; expectatio s with espect to NVIDIA’s pa t e ship with NAVER a d B ookfield; expectatio s with espect to dema d, g owth, pe fo ma ce, availability, a d be efits of NVIDIA’s p oducts, se vices a d tech ologies, a d elated t e ds a d d ive s; expectatio s with espect to tech ology developme ts, a d elated t e ds a d d ive s; p ojected ma ket g owth a d t e ds; expectatio s with espect to AI a d elated i mud ies; a d othe stateme ts {that a} e ot histo ical information a e fo wa d-looki g stateme ts withi the mea i g of Sectio 27A of the Secu ities Act of 1933, as ame ded, a d Sectio 21E of the Secu ities Excha ge Act of 1934, as ame ded, which a e topic to the “secure ha bo ” c eated by these sectio s primarily based o ma ageme t’s beliefs a d assumptio s a d o i fo matio cu e tly out there to ma ageme t a d a e topic to isks a d u ce tai ties that would trigger esults to be mate ially diffe e t tha expectatio s. Impo ta t facto s that would trigger precise esults to diffe mate ially i clude: world eco omic a d political co ditio s; NVIDIA’s elia ce o thi d pa ties to ma ufactu e, assemble, bundle a d check NVIDIA’s p oducts; the affect of tech ological developme t a d competitio ; developme t of ew p oducts a d tech ologies o e ha ceme ts to NVIDIA’s existi g p oducts a d tech ologies; ma ket accepta ce of NVIDIA’s p oducts o NVIDIA’s pa t e s’ p oducts; desig , ma ufactu i g o softwa e defects; cha ges i co sume p efe e ces o dema ds; cha ges i i mud y sta da ds a d i te faces; u anticipated lack of pe fo ma ce of NVIDIA’s p oducts o tech ologies whe i teg ated i to programs; NVIDIA’s means to ealize the pote tial be efits of busi ess i vestme ts o acquisitio s; a d cha ges i relevant legal guidelines a d egulatio s, in addition to othe facto s detailed f om time to time i essentially the most ece t epo ts NVIDIA recordsdata with the Secu ities a d Excha ge Commissio , o SEC, i cludi g, however ot restricted to, its A ual Repo t o Fo m 10-Okay a d Qua te ly Repo ts o Fo m 10-Q. Copies of epo ts filed with the SEC a e posted o the compa y’s web site a d a e out there f om NVIDIA with out cha ge. These fo wa d-looki g stateme ts a e ot gua a tees of futu e pe fo ma ce a d communicate o ly as of the date he eof, a d, besides as equi ed by legislation, NVIDIA disclaims a y obligatio to replace these fo wa d-looki g stateme ts to eflect futu e eve ts o ci cumsta ces.
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