NHN to Launch Cloud Subsidiary Next Year... Expansion into Southeast Asia Also Planned

[Asia Economy Reporter Buaeri] NHN announced on the 4th that it will launch the 'NHN Cloud' corporation next year and accelerate its global expansion.

On the same day, NHN held an internal meeting at its Pangyo headquarters in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, and announced its cloud business strategy.

NHN Cloud secured 100 billion KRW in orders this year from the public sector alone, based on projects such as the national artificial intelligence data center and the public cloud transition projects in regional hubs. It has maintained a sales growth rate of over 30% annually.

Currently, NHN Cloud has about 3,400 customers, including the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, KB Financial Group, and Woowa Brothers.

The company stated that more than 25 companies join as new customers every month. The number of solutions serviced through NHN Cloud has increased to 182, more than three times compared to 2018.

NHN plans to build data centers in regional hubs such as Gwangju, Gimhae, and Suncheon. Following the establishment of data centers in Japan and North America in 2019, it is preparing to enter Southeast Asia. It is promoting global service expansion targeting Vietnam and Indonesia.

Kim Dong-hoon, head of NHN Cloud Business Group, said, "Next year, we aim to grow more than twice compared to this year."

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