FPT and Naver Cloud sign AI Factory MOU

The MOU was signed at NAVER 1784, and the companies plan to jointly discuss AI Factory planning, development and operations.[1][3] Their stated aim is to grow the AI Factory business and presence in APAC and global markets.[1] The markets named in the reporting include Korea, Japan and Vietnam.[2] The companies plan to jointly identify demand in markets that either company would find difficult to serve alone.[3]

The partners plan to combine GPU infrastructure, cloud technology, business capabilities and customer networks.[3] Their target users are companies and AI service providers needing GPU computing resources for large-scale model training and inference.[3] They also plan to provide AI models and services alongside infrastructure to enterprise customers and AI service providers.[3] FPT and NAVER Cloud specifically plan to offer NAVER Cloud’s HyperCLOVA X to FPT enterprise customers through FPT AI Factory.[1] NAVER Cloud says the approach is intended to help customers adopt AI without building their own infrastructure.[3]

FPT engineers and teams from NAVER Cloud’s Vietnam Development Center and headquarters are involved in the collaboration.[1] Joint engineering teams are expected to work directly with customers on GPU infrastructure optimization and inference performance.[1] The teams also plan to deploy AI agents in production environments.[1] The companies plan to provide AI models and services alongside infrastructure, with joint engineering teams working directly with customers on GPU optimization and inference performance.[3][1]

FPT says its AI Factory platform is powered by NVIDIA technologies and serves more than 18,000 AI developers and over 2,000 enterprises worldwide.[1] FPT also says its AI Factories in Japan and Vietnam ranked 36th and 38th, respectively, among the world’s most powerful supercomputing systems.[1] The company identifies LG Electronics, LG CNS, Shinhan Bank and Shinsegae I&C as South Korean customers, and says it has been present in South Korea for more than a decade.[1] These are figures and customer details reported by FPT.[1]