Naver holds video meeting with Brazil's science ministry

Naver held a video meeting with Brazil's Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation in the middle of last month. Supported by the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency, known as KOTRA, the meeting followed a meeting between the heads of Naver and Naver Cloud and Brazilian data center companies SDC and TDC in late July.

Naver discussed a joint business model with SDC and TDC that would deploy its GPUs and AI cloud services at local AI data centers. The model involves supplying computing resources to companies in Brazil and neighboring countries; GPU stands for graphics processing unit.

Naver's 'sovereign AI' business involves building an AI ecosystem that reflects the target country's language, culture, values, legal framework and data. Its offerings span AI infrastructure and cloud services through AI models and commercial services.

Brazil is pursuing PBIA, a national AI plan worth 23 billion reais, or approximately 6 trillion won. Its goal is to develop domestic AI capabilities based on its own language, culture and data rather than limiting itself to importing other companies' AI services.

Naver also discussed technology exchanges and operational partnerships with local companies. The discussions drew on its experience operating data centers in Chuncheon and Sejong without interruption, high-efficiency liquid cooling technology, and experience pursuing gigawatt-scale AI data center projects.