NAVER Cloud will use NVIDIA’s open-source Nemotron 3 Ultra to advance HyperCLOVA X, as the two companies deepen their alliance to build next-generation AI infrastructure and global AI factory capabilities.
NAVER Cloud will use NVIDIA’s open-source large language model (LLM), Nemotron 3 Ultra, to advance its HyperCLOVA X generative AI platform under a new strategic partnership aimed at accelerating the development of large-scale AI infrastructure and global AI factory capabilities.
The companies will jointly research hyperscale language model optimisation, core AI technologies, and AI inference optimisation, placing open-source AI at the centre of the collaboration.
The announcement comes after NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang introduced NAVER Cloud as a major AI-native cloud partner during the GTC Taipei 2026 keynote, positioning the company as a key participant in NVIDIA’s global AI ecosystem.
Beyond hardware procurement, the alliance spans AI infrastructure, models, and services, combining NAVER Cloud’s hyperscale AI and large-scale infrastructure expertise with NVIDIA’s accelerated computing platform strategy.
The partners also plan to support the emerging shift from model-centric AI development to inference-driven AI factories capable of handling massive-scale inference workloads and large-scale data processing.
“The paradigm of the AI industry is shifting from model-centric to an inference-driven AI factory era that relies on stable, large-scale infrastructure operations,” said Kim Yu-won, CEO of NAVER Cloud.
“Our collaboration with NVIDIA is more than just a relationship between a GPU supplier and a customer; it is a strategic decision to co-develop AI technology and expand the global AI ecosystem,” Kim added.
NAVER Cloud previously used NVIDIA’s Cosmos platform and 1.2 million panoramic images collected across Seoul to enhance its Seoul World Model. The company aims to become a major AI infrastructure hub for Asia, with further details of the Global AI Factory initiative expected following a planned meeting between NAVER Chairman Lee Hae-jin and Jensen Huang in Korea.
