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NAVER's KRW 2 trillion (~$1.5B) AI compute contract with a US inference company
NAVER signed about KRW 2 trillion (roughly $1.5 billion) of AI computing services with an unnamed US-based AI inference company, the first major customer for its NVIDIA AI factory business.
- Value
- $1.5B1
- Capacity
- n/d
- Term
- n/d
- Accelerators
- n/d
What the value means
KRW 2 trillion, about $1.5 billion (DIGITIMES). Term and capacity not disclosed; NAVER plans to grow its AI factory to 200 MW by 2028.
The record
Verified 12 Nov 2026- Announced
- Buyer
- Undisclosed US AI inference company
- Seller / provider
- NAVER
- ValueHeadline dollar value exactly as stated in the cited source.
- 1,500,000,000 USD
- Capacity
- Not disclosed
- Accelerators
- Not disclosed
- Chips
- Not named
- Term
- Not disclosed
- StatusBinding agreement disclosed
- signed
- Other parties
- None named
- Deal type
- cloud-capacity, inference
Sources
2- Naver signs US$1.5 billion AI cloud deal with US firm (DIGITIMES, 12 Nov 2026) read 2026-11-12
- NAVER AI factory with Brookfield and NVIDIA (NAVER, 25 Jul 2026) read 2026-11-12
Cite this deal
AI Compute Deals, “NAVER's KRW 2 trillion (~$1.5B) AI compute contract with a US inference company”, https://aicomputedeals.com/us-inference-company-naver-1-5b-2026-11/ (verified 2026-11-12).
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