Naver Corp. Partners with Nvidia to Build Gigawatt-Scale AI Data Centers in South Korea
June 8, 2026
Naver Corp. Partners with Nvidia to Build Gigawatt-Scale AI Data Centers in South Korea
South Korea’s largest technology company, Naver Corp., has announced a major expansion of its partnership with Nvidia to build AI factories at gigawatt scale, marking a significant step in the country’s push for sovereign AI infrastructure. The move underscores a broader industry shift where national tech champions are investing heavily in domestic AI capabilities to reduce reliance on foreign cloud providers.
Naver revealed plans to upgrade its existing hyperscale data center in Sejong, South Korea, with a 55-megawatt expansion, with deployment targeted for the first half of 2027. This builds on the company’s earlier installation of 4,000 Nvidia B200 GPUs completed earlier in 2026. The partnership is centered on Nvidia’s DSX platform, a full-stack design that integrates chips, systems, software, and facility architecture into a single package, designed to maximize what Nvidia calls “token throughput per megawatt” and reduce per-query costs for AI inference at scale.
The announcement sent Naver shares climbing roughly 9% to 14% on June 7, reflecting strong market confidence in the company’s AI infrastructure strategy. Naver and Nvidia are planning for gigawatt-scale operations, a threshold that could support hundreds of thousands of GPUs, positioning Naver as a key player in the global AI data center market.
Naver chairman Haejin Lee and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang both emphasized the sovereign AI dimension of the deal, highlighting the need for nations to build domestic AI infrastructure rather than depending entirely on foreign cloud providers. The GAK Sejong facility will serve Korean industry and government clients alongside global cloud customers. Naver and Nvidia also plan to expand these efforts into Europe and the Middle East, regions where governments are similarly interested in reducing their dependence on US-based hyperscalers.
By offering an integrated full-stack solution through the DSX platform, Nvidia is making it easier for companies like Naver to deploy AI infrastructure without assembling disparate components from multiple vendors, while deepening the customer’s dependence on Nvidia’s ecosystem. This partnership signals a growing trend where large-scale AI infrastructure is being built by national champions rather than solely by global hyperscalers, reshaping the competitive landscape of the data center industry.
Source: cryptobriefing
