NAVER Steps Up to Build Mexico's AI Ecosystem... "Collaboration on High-Performance Computing and AI Cluster"

CEO Suyeon Choi Joins Presidential Economic Delegation

On the 25th (local time), Suyeon Choi, CEO of Naver, is having a conversation with Marcelo Ebrard, Mexico's Secretary of Economy. Provided by Naver.

NAVER announced on September 29 that during President Jae Myung Lee’s visit to the United States and Mexico, the company explored expanding AI-centered business collaboration through meetings with Mexican government officials and key IT company representatives.

NAVER’s executive management, including CEO Suyeon Choi, Chief Financial Officer Heecheol Kim, and Chief Data Officer Gwanghyun Kim, visited Mexico as part of the presidential economic delegation beginning September 24 (local time). They held consecutive meetings with Marcelo Ebrard Casaubon, Secretary of Economy; Rosaura Ruiz Gutiérrez, Minister of Science, Humanities, Technology and Innovation (SECIHTI); the Agency for Digital Transformation and Telecommunications (ATDT); and the CEO of Softek Mexico, among others.

CEO Choi introduced NAVER’s capabilities in public-sector AI transformation (AX), its sovereign AI strategy, and the ongoing AI factory project being built with NVIDIA and Brookfield, to Mexican government officials. She proposed cooperation to strengthen Mexico’s industry-wide competitiveness through public AX transformation and the integration of AI. Choi also discussed collaboration opportunities regarding the national high-performance computing and AI cluster initiative with the Minister of SECIHTI.

Furthermore, leveraging its participation in the economic delegation, NAVER has initiated efforts to identify cooperative projects with Querétaro, where more than 70% of Mexico’s data center infrastructure is concentrated. Both sides are currently discussing concrete implementation plans for a pilot project to build digital twins in two major cities within Querétaro.

On the 25th (local time), CDO Gwanghyun Kim delivered a session presentation to leading business figures from both countries at the Korea-Mexico Business Forum. Kim emphasized the significance of developing an AI ecosystem tailored to each country’s language, data, and industrial characteristics, and shared NAVER’s vision for supporting Mexico—one of North America’s leading manufacturing hubs—in boosting its industrial competitiveness through AI transformation.

Meanwhile, this marks the first time that NAVER’s executive team has visited Mexico to meet with major government and corporate stakeholders and explore the local market.

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