Naver Cloud and NIA Win 'AI Hub' Project, Becoming "First Digital Service Specialized Contract"

[Asia Economy Reporter Bu Aeri] Naver Cloud announced on the 13th that it has completed a contract for the expansion and operation of cloud resources for the Korea Intelligent Information Society Agency (NIA) 'AI Hub'.

AI Hub is an integrated platform for opening the results of artificial intelligence training data construction projects.

This contract is the first contract concluded after the implementation of the digital service specialized contract system in October. It is the first case created by the meeting of NIA's will to innovate by introducing private cloud, which is unusual in the existing public sector, and Naver Cloud's technological capabilities.

NIA's artificial intelligence training data construction project is the core project among the seven major tasks of the Korean New Deal project's Data Dam, with a total budget of 292.5 billion KRW in 2020 and 292.5 billion KRW in 2021, making it a large-scale national project. It aims to build over 1,300 types of artificial intelligence training data by 2025. In addition, the data will be stored and opened on the AI Hub based on the Naver Cloud Platform.

Naver explained, "Users can receive various ways to utilize the AI Hub beyond the existing artificial intelligence training data download service."

Lim Tae-geon, Executive Director of Naver Cloud, said, "By winning the AI Hub cloud resource expansion project, we have secured a core role and leading position in the national AI project," and added, "We will do our best to enhance Korea's AI competitiveness together with NIA."

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