Naver secures $10 billion commitment for AI data center
Naver Corp. has received a combined $10 billion investment commitment from Nvidia and U.S. private equity firm Brookfield to finance its planned artificial intelligence data center in Seoul, the company said at an AI summit in San Francisco. Founder Lee Hae-jin said the funding will let Naver accelerate the project. Naver, a major cloud provider and leading internet portal operator, said it will work with Nvidia to build large-scale global AI infrastructure, starting with an expansion of its data center in South Korea, while Brookfield agreed to invest up to $9 billion.
Naver received a $10 billion commitment to fund AI data center expansion
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Naver earlier announced plans to work with Nvidia on large-scale global AI infrastructure. The company planned to start by expanding its data center in South Korea. With the new commitments, Naver can move faster on that plan.
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