The South Korean technology company lines up major AI infrastructure capital from the chipmaker and the global asset manager.

South Korean technology company Naver has lined up a $10 billion Nvidia Brookfield deal to fund new AI data center capacity, according to a Koreabizwire report.

The financing pairs Nvidia’s interest in securing AI-computing infrastructure with Brookfield’s position as one of the world’s largest infrastructure investors, Koreabizwire reported. Naver, best known for its search engine and cloud services in South Korea, has been expanding its AI infrastructure investment in recent years, and the new backing adds to that buildout, according to the report. Nvidia has increasingly paired financing or equity stakes with its chip supply relationships as it works to secure demand for AI-computing capacity, a pattern the Naver deal follows, according to the report.

The scale of the commitment places the deal among the larger AI data center financings reported this year, as chipmakers and asset managers increasingly team up to fund the capacity that hyperscalers and national tech champions say they need for AI workloads. Brookfield has built a large global portfolio of data center and power infrastructure assets in recent years, and Koreabizwire’s report frames the Naver backing as part of that broader push into AI-related infrastructure.

What it means for operators: deals of this size are another sign of how much capital is chasing AI-ready data center capacity right now. That pace of investment compresses the timeline for bringing new, power-dense, GPU-dense floors online, which puts added pressure on the power and cooling infrastructure operators need to have ready to hit commissioning schedules without compromise. It also raises the stakes for visibility into that infrastructure once it goes live, since a facility funded and built this fast leaves less margin for surprises once GPU racks start pulling their full load.

Source: Koreabizwire