Naver Cloud and FPT Formed Asia-Pacific AI Alliance
The partnership aims to expand AI infrastructure and GPU services across South Korea, Japan, and Vietnam.
Updated on Oct. 12, 2026 in Data Centers
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Naver Cloud has signed a business agreement with FPT to deploy shared AI infrastructure and GPU-as-a-service (GPUaaS) solutions. This collaboration targets enterprise customers in the Asia-Pacific region needing large-scale computing resources.
Why it matters
By pooling resources, the companies aim to lower the infrastructure costs and operational burdens for enterprises building proprietary AI training and inference environments.
The initiative leverages FPT's status as an NVIDIA cloud partner to deliver GPU resources that optimize infrastructure for AI agent deployment. The effort focuses on joint technical optimization of inference performance.
The players
Naver Cloud
A subsidiary of Naver Corp providing comprehensive cloud computing, AI, and infrastructure services with a strong market position in South Korea.
FPT
A multinational technology corporation based in Vietnam that acts as a key NVIDIA cloud partner and provides regional AI cloud services.
The details
Engineers from Naver Cloud and FPT will perform joint infrastructure optimization and setup for AI agent service environments. GPUaaS, or GPU-as-a-service, provides businesses with scalable, cloud-based access to high-performance graphics processing units for demanding AI workloads. This setup allows companies to run large-scale computing tasks without the overhead of maintaining physical data center hardware.
Timeline
October 12, 2026: Naver Cloud signed the business agreement at its 1784 headquarters building.
The Tech Race
The alliance seeks to bridge the infrastructure gap in the Asia-Pacific region by deploying localized GPUaaS stacks. It follows a competitive trend where regional technology leaders partner to counter the dominance of global hyperscale AI providers.
Enterprises in South Korea, Japan, and Vietnam will gain access to shared, optimized AI inference environments and GPU resources. These services are intended to reduce the hardware procurement requirements for local businesses developing AI agents.
The takeaway
This partnership marks a strategic move to localize AI compute capacity in the Asia-Pacific market. Interested parties should watch for the first official AI Factory project deployment, which will confirm the functional scope of the partnership's joint infrastructure.
What happens next
The companies have committed to ongoing discussions regarding the cooperation plans for upcoming AI Factory projects.
Further reading
Learn more about the evolving landscape of Data Centers and how providers are optimizing global infrastructure.
Source note: This article includes information reported by 조선일보.
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