NHN Cloud, NC AI Partner on Cloud Infrastructure for Physical AI and Industry AI Shifts

by BAEK SEO HYUN Posted : April 22, 2026, 08:23Updated : April 22, 2026, 08:23
NHN Cloud and NC AI sign an MOU to build an AI and infrastructure cooperation framework.
NHN Cloud and NC AI signed a memorandum of understanding to establish an AI and infrastructure cooperation framework. [Photo=NHN Cloud]

NHN Cloud and NC AI are joining forces to expand AI infrastructure-based business.

NHN Cloud said April 22 that it signed a strategic memorandum of understanding with NC AI to jointly pursue business based on AI solutions and cloud infrastructure.

The agreement is designed to combine the companies’ core technologies and business capabilities to support AI adoption across industries and strengthen their presence in South Korea’s cloud market.

Under the partnership, the two companies will cooperate broadly on AI infrastructure operations and technology upgrades, joint sales and market expansion, and collaboration on government-funded projects and the public sector. They plan to provide AI infrastructure optimized for public and financial-sector customers, where security and stability are essential, and to bolster competitiveness through technical synergies.

The companies also plan to work together so NC AI’s “world model” technology — which simulates real-world physical laws — and its “physical AI” technology, which interacts with real environments, can be deployed across industrial sites. NHN Cloud said it will provide a stable high-performance computing environment by optimizing computing resources based on its experience operating large-scale GPU infrastructure.

“Ultimately, the foundation of AI competitiveness lies in stable, advanced infrastructure,” NHN Cloud CEO Kim Dong-hoon said. He said the partnership will support the deployment of physical AI and other AI services in industrial settings, build an AI transition environment that companies can adopt with confidence through industry-tailored services, and expand successful “AX” cases.

NC AI CEO Lee Yeon-su said the core of the partnership is building an optimal infrastructure environment so the company’s physical AI and world model technologies can be applied immediately at industrial sites. He said the companies will use their combined strengths to drive successful “AX” for public and private-sector organizations.

 



* This article has been translated by AI.