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Naver Cloud
4 developments involving Naver Cloud in 1 country or body. The most recent is Samsung SDS consortium picked to build Korea’s National AI Computing Center, 10 Mar 2026.
KeyStory
- Samsung SDS consortium picked to build Korea’s National AI Computing Center
Korean researchers, startups and the national model teams get a planned state-backed GPU centre outside Seoul, run by domestic cloud firms.
- Korea cuts Naver Cloud and NC AI from its national AI model project; LG scores highest
Korean model developers learned the project’s originality rule is enforced: a team that reused foreign components without retraining lost state GPUs and data.
- NVIDIA to supply over 260,000 GPUs to Korea’s government and four companies
Korean manufacturers, cloud providers and the national foundation model teams gained a committed supply of NVIDIA GPUs, with up to 50,000 set aside for public use.
- Korea picks Naver Cloud, SK Telecom, LG, NC AI and Upstage to build national AI models
Five Korean developers received state support, starting with GPUs for three of them, to build domestic foundation models, with funding tied to surviving six-monthly cuts.