South Korea: Naver launches 270MW data center in Sejong, South Korea

South Korean technology firm Naver held an opening event for the first phase of its Sejong campus, its second major campus in Korea. This campus, currently spanning 290,000 square meters, is expected to reach 270MW of capacity at densities of 20kW and can reportedly hold 600,000 servers, running Naver's cloud services.

Naver CEO Choi Soo-yeon, said at the opening ceremony, "As many changes have recently occurred with data and cloud-based technology, hyperscale data centers have gained recognition as the core infrastructure for technological innovation, but Naver has been preparing for this since the opening of Gak Chuncheon 10 years ago. The hyperscale data center ‘Gak Sejong,’ will become an engine for technological innovation not only for Naver but also for all industries.”

Naver Cloud CEO Kim Yu-won also added, “As interest in Sovereign AI and Sovereign Cloud has recently increased, we are meeting with customers from various countries and industries, and they are showing great interest not only in Naver’s AI technology but also in the scale and stable operation capabilities of the data center. We expect Sejong to become an outpost for AI and cloud businesses that expand into various industries.”