NAVER Builds Gigawatt-Scale AI Factory in Korea with NVIDIA DSX

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NAVER is expanding its AI infrastructure in Korea by building a full-stack NVIDIA AI factory, powered by the NVIDIA DSX platform. This initiative includes plans to scale its GAK Sejong data center from 55 megawatts to gigawatt capacity, addressing the surging demand for AI compute. The collaboration aims to provide sovereign AI capabilities for enterprises, industries, and government customers.

NAVER is building a full-stack NVIDIA AI factory in Korea, using the NVIDIA DSX platform to scale end-to-end infrastructure. The expansion begins at 55 megawatts at its GAK Sejong data center, with plans to reach gigawatt scale. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang met with NAVER leadership to finalize this development for the agentic era.
Initial AI Infrastructure Expansion
55 megawatts
Planned AI Infrastructure Scale
Gigawatt
Core Platform
NVIDIA DSX
Data Center Location
GAK Sejong, South Korea
NAVER Models Advanced
HyperCLOVA X, Seoul World Model
NVIDIA Software Used
DSX MaxLPS, DSX OS

These AI factories provide a sovereign foundation for Korea's intelligence across training and inference. NAVER will use NVIDIA's full-stack platforms to advance regional models like HyperCLOVA X and the Seoul World Model alongside new agentic AI services. This build-out supports domestic industries and global cloud customers requiring secure, high-performance digital services.

The NVIDIA DSX platform minimizes token cost by co-designing chips, systems, and software. It includes NVIDIA DSX MaxLPS for throughput and NVIDIA DSX OS for multi-tenant operations. NVIDIA's open-source DSX software helps operators optimize power and manage these large-scale facilities to meet surging global demand.

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NAVER is building a full-stack NVIDIA AI factory in Korea with NVIDIA DSX. Jensen met with @official_NAVER founder and chairman Haejin Lee while in Korea as NAVER plans to expand GAK Sejong to 55 megawatts and beyond to gigawatt scale. Read more: https://t.co/SJn1W4k8IY https://t.co/ddwNVOqqQk

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The NVIDIA DSX platform is an end-to-end, co-designed stack for building AI factories. It includes chips, systems, software, and facilities, aiming to reduce token cost and accelerate time to production for AI platforms.

NAVER's AI factory expansion aims to serve Korea's industries and global AI cloud customers by providing trusted, high-performance AI infrastructure. It will power regional AI models, including HyperCLOVA X and the Seoul World Model, and support agentic AI services.

NAVER plans to expand its AI infrastructure at the GAK Sejong data center, starting at 55 megawatts. The long-term plan is to scale this infrastructure to gigawatt capacity to meet surging global AI demand.

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