NAVER scales Korea’s AI megafactory to 200 megawatts by 2028 with NVIDIA and Brookfield backing

South Korea just entered the AI infrastructure arms race with a facility that makes most data centers look like home offices. NAVER, the country’s dominant search and tech platform, is scaling its GAK Sejong AI data center from an initial 55 megawatts to a full 200 megawatts by 2028, backed by roughly $10 billion in combined investment from NVIDIA and Brookfield Asset Management. The money and the muscle behind it Brookfield, the Canadian infrastructure and asset management giant, has signed on as the exclusive capital partner with a commitment of up to $9 billion. NVIDIA is kicking in a targeted $1 billion investment directly into NAVER. NAVER itself covers whatever remains. The project rolls out in phases. The first 55 MW deployment is scheduled to begin operations in the first half of 2027. A second expansion to 100 MW is planned for later that same year. The full 200 MW capacity hits by 2028. The partnership builds on an earlier agreement established in June 2026 between NAVER and NVIDIA that laid the groundwork for that initial 55 MW phase. On the hardware side, the facility will run NVIDIA’s latest AI platforms, including the Vera Rubin and Blackwell architectures. Sovereign ...