Naver Accelerates Entry into South American AI Market...Discusses Collaboration with Companies in Brazil and Chile

Discussing Joint Business Models with Local Companies
Operating GPU and AI Cloud Services Based on Brazil's Large-Scale AIDC
Exploring Public Sector AX Collaboration with Senior Chilean Government Officials

Naver has laid the groundwork for entering the South American AI infrastructure market by meeting with artificial intelligence (AI) companies in the region.

According to Naver on August 4, CEO Choi Suyeon, Head of Strategy and Planning Koo Donghyun, and Naver Cloud CEO Kim Yuwon, as part of President Lee Jaemyung's economic delegation for his tour of three South American countries, met with executives of leading local AI companies to explore collaboration opportunities.

Gudonghyun, Head of Strategic Planning at Naver, Yuwon Kim, CEO of Naver Cloud, and Suyeon Choi, CEO of Naver, along with other executives, are taking a commemorative photo after a meeting with the management of Scala Data Centers on the 29th of last month. Naver

The Naver executive team first visited Brazil, the initial stop on their South American tour, where they consecutively held meetings with the management of Scala Data Centers (SDC) and Tecto Data Centers (TDC), which operate large-scale AI data centers (AIDCs) and cloud businesses.

SDC is pursuing the "Scala AI City" project, which aims to establish a colossal AIDC campus with a final capacity of 4.75 gigawatts (GW) in Eldorado do Sul, southern Brazil. TDC is carrying out the TGRU1 project to construct a high-density, AI-specialized data center with up to 200 megawatts (MW) of capacity in Santana de Parnaiba in the São Paulo metropolitan area.

Naver, SDC, and TDC discussed a joint collaboration model wherein Naver would directly operate graphic processing units (GPUs) and AI cloud infrastructure at the AIDCs currently under development by SDC and TDC, selling computing resources to enterprises and AI startups in Brazil and neighboring countries. In addition, they exchanged views on AIDC technology cooperation and operational partnerships.

Management at SDC and TDC praised Naver’s comprehensive, full-stack AI capabilities—including infrastructure, AI models, and services—and expressed their intention to engage in practical discussions regarding the joint collaboration model and partnerships proposed by Naver.

Soo-Yeon Choi, CEO of Naver; Dong-Hyun Koo, Head of Strategy and Planning at Naver; and Yoo-Won Kim, CEO of Naver Cloud, are taking a commemorative photo after a meeting with high-ranking officials of the Chilean government. Naver

During the visit to Chile, the team met with executives from Entel—the largest local telecom operator (mobile No.1 in Chile, No.2 in Peru) and provider of enterprise security, cloud, and IoT solutions—to discuss cooperation in multiple areas such as software-as-a-service (SaaS) distribution, smart city projects, and building GPU clusters.

They also met with senior Chilean government officials, including Carolina Rossi, Vice Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation; Rodrigo Duran, Secretary General of the National AI Center (CENIA); and Eduardo Mundt, Treasury Undersecretary Chief of Staff, to explore potential collaboration on AI transformation (AX) projects for government and public sectors, as well as the establishment of a national data center. Naver introduced its suite of public AI solutions, such as the government-wide intelligent work management platform 'Naver Works' and the AI call service 'Clova Carecall.'

Choi Suyeon, CEO of Naver, stated, "South America is emerging as a new hub for global AI infrastructure, thanks to its abundant energy resources and rapidly growing digital demand. With this tour, we have identified concrete opportunities to combine Naver’s full-stack AI technology and operational expertise with local governments and leading companies. Through follow-up discussions, we will make practical contributions to the development of the AI infrastructure and related industries in South America."

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