Naver accompanied President Lee Jae-myung's economic delegation to Mexico, where it met with local government and business officials to discuss collaboration on building an artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem.
Naver announced that CEO Choi Soo-yeon visited Mexico from September 24 for two days, holding meetings with key figures including Marcelo Ebrard Casaubón, the Minister of Economy, and Rosaura Luis Gutiérrez, the Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation, as well as executives from the Digital Transformation and Telecommunications Agency (ATDT) and Mexican IT company Softtek.
Joining Choi were Naver's Chief Financial Officer Kim Hee-chul and Chief Data Officer Kim Kwang-hyun.
During the meetings, Choi introduced Naver's capabilities in public sector AI transformation (AX), its sovereign AI strategy, and the AI factory project being developed in collaboration with NVIDIA and Brookfield. She also proposed ways to enhance Mexico's public sector AX transformation and industrial competitiveness through AI.
Minister Ebrard highlighted the Mexican government's efforts to expand exchanges with global AI companies like NVIDIA and to foster its domestic AI industry. He expressed hope that Naver would contribute to building Mexico's AI ecosystem and driving digital innovation.
Choi also met with Minister Gutiérrez to discuss collaboration on the establishment of a national high-performance computing and AI cluster currently underway in Mexico.
As part of its participation in the economic delegation, Naver is also exploring collaborative projects in Querétaro, where over 70% of Mexico's data center infrastructure is concentrated. The company is currently discussing specific implementation plans for a pilot project to build digital twins in two major cities in Querétaro.
On September 25, Kim Kwang-hyun presented at the Korea-Mexico Business Forum, emphasizing the importance of building an AI ecosystem that reflects the language, data, and industrial characteristics of both countries. He outlined plans to connect South Korea's AI capabilities, including Naver's, to share experiences and technologies to enhance Mexico's AI transformation and industrial competitiveness.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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