NAVER, Nvidia and Brookfield are dramatically scaling up South Korea's national AI computing push. According to GlobeNewswire and DQ India, the partners plan to expand the initial Nvidia DSX AI factory buildout at the GAK Sejong data center from 55 megawatts to 200 megawatts by 2028 — nearly a fourfold increase in power capacity.
The expansion is part of a much larger effort. Nikkei Asia reports that Samsung, SK and Nvidia have joined a $700 billion US-Korea AI push, an initiative unveiled at an AI Summit hosted by South Korean President Lee Jae Myung. Nikkei says the summit brought together leading US and South Korean business figures, including Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
At that gathering, according to GamesBeat, Huang announced expanded partnerships with South Korean tech companies. GuruFocus separately reports that Nvidia is investing $1 billion in NAVER to boost the company's AI data center capacity.
For readers, "megawatts" is the key unit here: modern AI systems are limited less by floor space than by how much electricity they can draw and cool. Measuring an "AI factory" in megawatts rather than square feet signals just how power-hungry training and running large AI models has become. Jumping from 55 to 200 megawatts means room for far more of Nvidia's chips — and far more AI capacity for Korean firms like NAVER, the country's dominant internet company.
Why it matters: the deal shows how AI infrastructure is now being built at national scale through cross-border alliances tying together US chipmakers, Korean tech giants and global investors, cementing electricity and specialized hardware as the new currency of the AI race.